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CVE-2009-3245: openssl Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2010:0173DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3245
Published 05-03-2010Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3245 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 5.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 10, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHSA-2010:0162RHSA-2010:0440RHSA-2010:0977

Timeline

  1. 05-03-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand function calls in (1) crypto/bn/bn_div.c, (2) crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c, (3) crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c, and (4) engines/e_ubsec.c, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.78% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat2 products
  • openssl096b< 0:0.9.6b-16.50 | < 0:0.9.6b-22.46.el4_8.1
  • openssl096b-debuginfo< 0:0.9.6b-16.50 | < 0:0.9.6b-22.46.el4_8.1
Debian1 product
  • openssl< 0.9.8m-1
Openssl1 product
  • opensslEOL≤ 0.9.8l | 0.9.8 | 0.9.8a | 0.9.8b | 0.9.8c | 0.9.8d | 0.9.8e | 0.9.8f | 0.9.8g | 0.9.8h | 0.9.8i | 0.9.8j | 0.9.8k

3 vendors · 4 products

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