CVE - CVE-2017-2800

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-2800	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities, denial of service and possible remote code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.
References
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EXPLOIT-DB:41984 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41984/ MISC:https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293 URL:https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293
Assigning CNA
Talos
Date Record Created
20161201	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161201)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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