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CVE-2009-0127

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0127 describes a vulnerability in M2Crypto where it fails to properly check return values from OpenSSL verification functions, potentially allowing remote attackers to bypass certificate chain validation through malformed SSL/TLS signatures. This issue affects the heikkitoivonen m2crypto product. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it represents a medium-severity vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure without requiring authentication or complex attack methods. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and a Linux vendor disputes its relevance to M2Crypto.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:heikkitoivonen:m2crypto:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0127

m2crypto: OpenSSL incorrect checks for malformed signatures

Jan 11, 2009

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4
Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue Tracking