CVE-2022-38153
low-risk
Published 2022-08-31
An issue was discovered in wolfSSL before 5.5.0 (when --enable-session-ticket is used); however, only version 5.3.0 is exploitable. Man-in-the-middle attackers or a malicious server can crash TLS 1.2 clients during a handshake. If an attacker injects a large ticket (more than 256 bytes) into a NewSessionTicket message in a TLS 1.2 handshake, and the client has a non-empty session cache, the session cache frees a pointer that points to unallocated memory, causing the client to crash with a "free(): invalid pointer" message. NOTE: It is likely that this is also exploitable during TLS 1.3 handshakes between a client and a malicious server. With TLS 1.3, it is not possible to exploit this as a man-in-the-middle.
Do I need to act?
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0.57% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (14)
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/01/12/wolfssl-vulnerabilities-tlspuffin-fuzzin...
Not Applicable
https://github.com/trailofbits/tlspuffin
Release Notes
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/01/12/wolfssl-vulnerabilities-tlspuffin-fuzzin...
Not Applicable
https://github.com/trailofbits/tlspuffin
Release Notes
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/
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low-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal