CVE-2010-2939: openssl Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-2939 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 9.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 17-08-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Double free vulnerability in the ssl3_get_key_exchange function in the OpenSSL client (ssl/s3_clnt.c) in OpenSSL 1.0.0a, 0.9.8, 0.9.7, and possibly other versions, when using ECDH, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted private key with an invalid prime. NOTE: some sources refer to this as a use-after-free issue.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
9.98%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 9.98% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundOpenSSL - 'ssl3_get_key_exchange()' Use-After-Free Memory Corruption
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- openssl< 0.9.8g-15+lenny8 | < 0.9.8o-2
Openssl1 product
- opensslEOL0.9.7 | 0.9.8 | 1.0.0a
2 vendors · 2 products
References
23 links- slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.668793Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
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- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM