CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-53159

MediumCVSS 4.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

The openssl crate for Rust before version 0.10.55 allows an out-of-bounds read when an empty string is passed to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.

Risk Assessment

May lead to memory disclosure or program crash.

Recommendation

Update the openssl crate to version 0.10.55 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS