NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openssl package, versions <0.10.66


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-OPENSSL-7547427
  • published23 Jul 2024
  • disclosed22 Jul 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2024

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 0.10.66 or higher.

Overview

openssl is a bindings for the Rust programming language.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the MemBio::get_buf function. An attacker can induce undefined behavior by manipulating the input to pass an empty buffer to this function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1