CVE-2022-39173
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Sep 29, 2022
- Updated
- May 20, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 2, 2022
Description
In wolfSSL before 5.5.1, malicious clients can cause a buffer overflow during a TLS 1.3 handshake. This occurs when an attacker supposedly resumes a previous TLS session. During the resumption Client Hello a Hello Retry Request must be triggered. Both Client Hellos are required to contain a list of duplicate cipher suites to trigger the buffer overflow. In total, two Client Hellos have to be sent: one in the resumed session, and a second one as a response to a Hello Retry Request message.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases
- 20221030 wolfssl before 5.5.1: CVE-2022-39173 Buffer overflow when refining cipher suitesmailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169600/wolfSSL-Buffer-Overflow.html
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/01/12/wolfssl-vulnerabilities-tlspuffin-fuzzing-ssh/
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