CVE-2014-0221

openssl: DoS when sending invalid DTLS handshake

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 5, 2014

Updated · May 15, 2026

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain DTLS ServerHello requests. A specially crafted DTLS handshake packet could cause a DTLS client using OpenSSL to crash.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption