VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-4576

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability15.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-01-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The SSL 3.0 implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly initialize data structures for block cipher padding, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by decrypting the padding data sent by an SSL peer.

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