CVE-2010-5298

Openssl vulnerability

CVSS

4.0

EPSS

34.1%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Race condition in the ssl3_read_bytes function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject data across sessions or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and parsing error) via an SSL connection in a multithreaded environment.

Affected vendor

Openssl

Affected product

Openssl

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-362 — Race Condition

Published

2014-04-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 34.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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