CVE-2009-3245

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand function calls in (1) crypto/bn/bn_div.c, (2) crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c, (3) crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c, and (4) engines/e_ubsec.c, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors.

Affected products

OpenSSL: through 0.9.8l; 0.9.8, 0.9.8a, 0.9.8b, 0.9.8c, 0.9.8d, 0.9.8e (+6)

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039561.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692159706582&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692170906712&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692180606861&w=2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153392/ABB-HMI-Outdated-Software-Components.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37291

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