CVE-2015-1790 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple versions of OpenSSL, specifically in the PKCS7_dataDecode function. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted PKCS#7 blob lacking inner EncryptedContent data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and application crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a denial of service. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.8zfCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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