CVE-2006-3738

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 28 Sept 2006, 18:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 18:39

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
10 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
53.74% CRITICAL
54% probability +21.42%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Sept 2006, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 18:39
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the SSL_get_shared_ciphers function in OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l, 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d, and earlier versions has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors involving a long list of ciphers.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 53.74%• Percentile: 98%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•OpenSSL

    0.9.7 | 0.9.7a | 0.9.7b | 0.9.7c | 0.9.7d | 0.9.7e | 0.9.7f | 0.9.7g | 0.9.7h | 0.9.7i | 0.9.7j | 0.9.7k | 0.9.8 | 0.9.8a | 0.9.8b | 0.9.8c

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