Use After Free Affecting matrixssl/matrixssl package, versions [,3.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.33% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MATRIXSSLMATRIXSSL-2366434
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-6885  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade matrixssl/matrixssl to version 3.8.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. The pstm_exptmod function in MatrixSSL before 3.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free and crash) via a base zero value for the modular exponentiation.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1