MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-3505

Openssl vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
43.3%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Double free vulnerability in d1_both.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted DTLS packets that trigger an error condition.
Affected vendor
Openssl
Affected product
Openssl
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2014-08-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 43.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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