CVE-2008-7270
OpenSSL before 0.9.8j, when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OpenSSL before 0.9.8j, when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache, which allows remote attackers to force the use of a disabled cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4180.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=17489 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42493 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSRT100817 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- USN-1029-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- HPSBHF02706 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659462 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0978 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0896 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-7223 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-7270)Record last updated .