CVE-2010-0740 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-0740

The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m...

Vulnerability Description

The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssl
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.8f, 0.9.8g, 0.9.8h, 0.9.8i, 0.9.8j, 0.9.8k, 0.9.8l, 0.9.8m

Timeline

Official Publish: March 26th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.