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CVE-2022-38153

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-38153 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting wolfSSL version 5.3.0 when the --enable-session-ticket option is used. A man-in-the-middle attacker or malicious server can crash a TLS 1.2 client during a handshake by injecting an oversized session ticket. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability, but requiring high attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/170605/wolfSSL-5.3.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
blog.trailofbits.com / 2023/01/12/wolfssl-vulnerabilities-tlspuffin-fuzzing-ssh
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/8
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / trailofbits/tlspuffin
Not Applicable
github.com / wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/5476
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases
Release Notes
wolfssl.com / docs/security-vulnerabilities
Vendor Advisory