VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-5077

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-01-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return value from the EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for DSA and ECDSA keys.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references