CVE-2017-3730

Bad (EC)DHE parameters cause a client crash

published May 4, 2017

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High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 99.0th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
—
EPSS
55%
Percentile
99.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0d, if a malicious server supplies bad parameters for a DHE or ECDHE key exchange then this can result in the client attempting to dereference a NULL pointer leading to a client crash. This could be exploited in a Denial of Service attack.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.55294 · 99.0th percentile
Published
2017-05-04T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 MAY 19:00Z
    Bad (EC)DHE parameters cause a client crash
    cvelistv5