UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8854

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8854
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8854.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8854
Upstream
Published
2017-05-09T20:29:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T11:34:59.594421Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

wolfSSL before 3.10.2 has an out-of-bounds memory access with loading crafted DH parameters, aka a buffer overflow triggered by a malformed temporary DH file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wolfssl

Package

Name
wolfssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@3.4.8+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.8+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcyassl5",
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl0",
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8854.json"