CVE-2019-16748

In wolfSSL through 4.1.0, there is a missing sanity check of memory accesses in parsing ASN.1 certificate data while handshaking. Specifically, there is a one-byte heap-based buffer over-read in CheckCertSignature_ex in wolfcrypt/src/asn.c.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/issues/2459	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-09-24 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2019-16748

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16748

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-16748

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wolfssl

wolfssl

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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