CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-44718
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
wolfSSL through 5.0.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and infinite loop in the client component by sending crafted traffic from a Machine-in-the-Middle (MITM) position. The root cause is that the client module accepts TLS messages that normally are only sent to TLS servers.
Affected configurations
• wolfssl wolfssl (<= 5.0.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ Vendor Advisory