OpenSSL d2i_ECPrivateKey Function Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0209)

  Severity: HIGH
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-0209
  Advisory Date: MAR 19, 2015

  DESCRIPTION

Use-after-free vulnerability in the d2i_ECPrivateKey function in crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Elliptic Curve (EC) private-key file that is improperly handled during import.

  SOLUTION

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • OpenSSL