CVE-2017-2800 is a critical vulnerability affecting wolfSSL through version 3.10.2, where a specially crafted x509 certificate can lead to an out-of-bounds byte overwrite. This flaw can result in certificate validation issues, denial of service, and potentially remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-41984), and there has been some community discussion, though no active exploitation or widespread media coverage has been reported.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.