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CVE-2008-0891
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, when the TLS server name extensions are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause…
Medium4.3EPSS 4.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, when the TLS server name extensions are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Client Hello packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SSA:2008-210-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 30852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-4723 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openssl-servername-dos(42666) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30825 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1680 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020121 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-620-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 30868 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200806-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31288 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30405 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29405 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31228 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:107 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- VU#661475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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