CVE-2013-1621

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Array index error in the SSL module in PolarSSL before 1.2.5 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted padding-length value during validation of CBC padding in a TLS session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0169.

Affected products

PolarSSL: through 1.2.4; 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.11.0, 0.11.1, 0.12.0, 0.12.1 (+21)

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/24
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2622
http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/TLStiming.pdf
https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.5-released
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/24
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2622
http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/TLStiming.pdf
https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.5-released

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