CVE-2014-8628

high

Description

Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.2.12 and 1.3.x before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted X.509 certificates. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions. See CVE-2014-9744 for the ClientHello message issue.

References

https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released

https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.12-released

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3116

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00079.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-08-24

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High