VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-0740
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability20.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-03-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation