HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-4109

Openssl vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
17.7%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8s, when X509_V_FLAG_POLICY_CHECK is enabled, allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by triggering failure of a policy check.
Affected vendor
Openssl
Affected product
Openssl
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-01-06

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 17.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-4109

  • Confirm whether Openssl Openssl is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-4109.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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