CVE-2017-7522
N/A
Published: June 27, 2017 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenVPN
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service by authenticated remote attacker via sending a certificate with an embedded NULL character.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 2.3.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99230x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/VulnerabilitiesFixedInOpenVPN243Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-476
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