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CVE-2022-38153

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Published: Aug 31, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.9
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Wolfssl: Wolfssl
1 product
Wolfssl
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 5.3.0

References (14)

Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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