CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-2939

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2010-08-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-08-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-399

Description

Double free vulnerability in the ssl3_get_key_exchange function in the OpenSSL client (ssl/s3_clnt.c) in OpenSSL 1.0.0a, 0.9.8, 0.9.7, and possibly other versions, when using ECDH, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted private key with an invalid prime. NOTE: some sources refer to this as a use-after-free issue.

Affected configurations

• openssl openssl 0.9.7 • openssl openssl 0.9.8 • openssl openssl 1.0.0a

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References