VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-1949

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability5.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-05-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The _gnutls_recv_client_kx_message function in lib/gnutls_kx.c in libgnutls in gnutls-serv in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 continues to process Client Hello messages within a TLS message after one has already been processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via a TLS message containing multiple Client Hello messages, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-2.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references