Medium 5.0Published May 19, 2009

CVE-2009-1377The dtls1_buffer_record function in ssl/d1_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large series of "future e…

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The dtls1_buffer_record function in ssl/d1_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large series of "future epoch" DTLS records that are buffered in a queue, aka "DTLS record buffer limitation bug."

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openssl openssl openssl:openssl	from 0.9.8 before 0.9.8m	NVD

References

References

http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=18187	broken-link, patch, third-party-advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444	broken-link, third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html	third-party-advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html	third-party-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124247675613888&w=2	mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1930&user=guest&pass=guest	broken-link, mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35128	third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35461	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35571	third-party-advisory
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