CVE-2010-0740 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenSSL versions 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by sending a malformed record during a TLS connection, causing the affected OpenSSL service to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and requires no authentication or complex attack vectors. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.8fCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.8gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.8hCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.8iCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.8jCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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