CVE-2008-0891

N/A
Published: May 29, 2008 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSL

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, when the TLS server name extensions are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Client Hello packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (22)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189

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