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CVE-2015-0208

openssl: segmentation fault for invalid PSS parameters

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 19, 2015

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

The ASN.1 signature-verification implementation in the rsa_item_verify function in crypto/rsa/rsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted RSA PSS parameters to an endpoint that uses the certificate-verification feature.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference