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CVE-2010-4252
OpenSSL before 1.0.0c, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 8.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OpenSSL before 1.0.0c, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 20 days later
· 20 days later
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SSA:2010-340-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19039 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3122 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=20098 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42469 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSRT100475 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 45163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1024823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBUX02638 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 57353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20101202.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/seb-m/jpake (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659297 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-retrieval.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2010-4225 (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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