CVE-2015-0208: openssl
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-0208 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 29.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 19-03-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The ASN.1 signature-verification implementation in the rsa_item_verify function in crypto/rsa/rsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted RSA PSS parameters to an endpoint that uses the certificate-verification feature.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
29.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 29.46% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Openssl1 product
- opensslEOL1.0.2 | 1.0.2:beta1 | 1.0.2:beta2 | 1.0.2:beta3
1 vendor · 1 product
References
17 links- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10110Third Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.htmlThird Party Advisory
- bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa92Third Party Advisory
- www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150319.txtVendor Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlThird Party Advisory
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- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.htmlThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory