CVE-2015-5333

HIGH

LibreSSL < 2.3.1 - Denial of Service via ASN.1 Object Identifier Memory Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory leak in the OBJ_obj2txt function in LibreSSL before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ASN.1 object identifiers in X.509 certificates.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.3.1-relnotes.txt
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00050.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0209
EPSS Percentile 84.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
openbsd/libressl < 2.3.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
Published Jan 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026