CVE-2015-1792 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2015-1792

The do_free_upto function in crypto/cms/cms_smime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0...

Vulnerability Description

The do_free_upto function in crypto/cms/cms_smime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0s, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1n, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors that trigger a NULL value of a BIO data structure, as demonstrated by an unrecognized X.660 OID for a hash function.

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.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssl
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.0, 1.0.0a, 1.0.0b, 1.0.0c, 1.0.0d, 1.0.0e, 1.0.0f, 1.0.0g, 1.0.0h, 1.0.0i, 1.0.0j, 1.0.0k, 1.0.0l, 1.0.0m, 1.0.0n, 1.0.0o, 1.0.0p, 1.0.0q, 1.0.0r, 1.0.1, 1.0.1a, 1.0.1b, 1.0.1c, 1.0.1d, 1.0.1e, 1.0.1f, 1.0.1g, 1.0.1h, 1.0.1i, 1.0.1j, 1.0.1k, 1.0.1l, 1.0.1m, 1.0.2, 1.0.2a

Timeline

Official Publish: June 12th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 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.