VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1378

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability12.75%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-05-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Multiple memory leaks in the dtls1_process_out_of_seq_message function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DTLS records that (1) are duplicates or (2) have sequence numbers much greater than current sequence numbers, aka "DTLS fragment handling memory leak."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references