CVE-2017-2800

CRITICAL

Wolfssl < 3.10.2 - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Talos · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41984

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0889
EPSS Percentile 92.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (2)
wolfssl/wolfssl < 3.10.2
wolfSSL/wolfSSL 3.10.2
Published May 24, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026