Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-35409 · published 15 July 2022
CVE-2022-35409: Arm mbed tls out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Arm · Mbed Tls
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.
Description
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected products
3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases | Release Notes |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2022-07.html | ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases | Release Notes |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2022-07.html | ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-35409), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.