CVE-2017-2800

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: May 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities, denial of service and possible remote code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293
Source: talos-cna@cisco.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41984/
Source: talos-cna@cisco.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41984/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.5%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

wolfssl