VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-0227
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-01-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer