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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-0740 · published 26 March 2010

CVE-2010-0740: Openssl improper input validation vulnerability

OOpenssl · Openssl

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 20% · top 2.6% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
20%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
48References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0710 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11731
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
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-0740), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.