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CVE-2022-4203

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4203 is a read buffer overrun vulnerability in OpenSSL's X.509 certificate verification, specifically during name constraint checking. This flaw can be triggered by malicious certificates, potentially leading to a denial of service. While memory content disclosure is theoretically possible, no working exploits for this impact are known. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.9), it requires either a compromised CA or an application that continues verification despite path failures. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion beyond a few mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0148 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: openssl-1:3.0.1-47.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: openssl-1:3.0.1-46.el9_0
View patch
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: openssl-srcFixed in: 300.0.12

Vendor Advisories (2)

rustGHSA-w67w-mw4j-8qrvcritical

openssl-src contains Read Buffer Overflow in X.509 Name Constraint

Feb 8, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-4203Moderate

openssl: read buffer overflow in X.509 certificate verification

Feb 7, 2023

References

psirt.global.sonicwall.com / vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0003
git.openssl.org / gitweb
Mailing ListPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202402-08
openssl.org / news/secadv/20230207.txt
Vendor Advisory