4.3

CVE-2008-0891: openssl Numeric Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-0891
Published 29-05-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0891 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 4.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DTSA-136-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11126-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1

Timeline

  1. 29-05-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, when the TLS server name extensions are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Client Hello packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.23% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • openssl< 0.9.8g-10.1
Openssl1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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