VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-7522

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.54%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service by authenticated remote attacker via sending a certificate with an embedded NULL character.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references