Medium 5.0Published Mar 26, 2010

CVE-2010-0740The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a N…

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The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
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	0.9.8f; 0.9.8g; 0.9.8h; 0.9.8i; 0.9.8j; 0.9.8k; 0.9.8l; 0.9.8m	NVD

References

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557640302499&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/39932
http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
http://secunia.com/advisories/43311
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
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