CVE-2014-8176
OpenSSL: Invalid free in DTLS
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 11, 2015
Updated · September 21, 2026
Description
An invalid-free flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain DTLS handshake messages. A malicious DTLS client or server could send a specially crafted message to the peer, which could cause the application to crash or potentially result in arbitrary code execution.
Statement
This issue does NOT affect the version of OpenSSL package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified