NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openssl package, versions <1.1.0c-1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applicationsSnyk Learn
Learn about NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.
Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENSSL-374746
- published4 May 2017
- disclosed4 May 2017
Introduced: 4 May 2017
CVE-2016-7053 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 openssl to version 1.1.0c-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, applications parsing invalid CMS structures can crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This is caused by a bug in the handling of the ASN.1 CHOICE type in OpenSSL 1.1.0 which can result in a NULL value being passed to the structure callback if an attempt is made to free certain invalid encodings. Only CHOICE structures using a callback which do not handle NULL value are affected.