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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-9143 · published 16 October 2024

CVE-2024-9143: Openssl out-of-bounds read vulnerability

OOpenssl · Openssl

Issue summary: Use of the low-level GF(2^m) elliptic curve APIs with untrusted explicit values for the field polynomial can lead to out-of-bounds memory reads or writes. Impact summary: Out of bound memory writes can lead to an application crash or even a possibility of a remote code execution, however, in all the protocols involving Elliptic Curve Cryptography that we're aware of, either only "named curves" are supported, or, if explicit curve parameters are supported, they specify an X9.62 encoding of binary (GF(2^m)) curves that can't represent problematic input values. Thus the likelihood of existence of a vulnerable application is low. In particular, the X9.62 encoding is used for ECC keys in X.509 certificates, so problematic inputs cannot occur in the context of processing X.509 certificates. Any problematic use-cases would have to be using an "exotic" curve encoding. The affected APIs include: EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m(), EC_GROUP_new_from_params(), and various supporting BN_GF2m_*() functions. Applications working with "exotic" explicit binary (GF(2^m)) curve parameters, that make it possible to represent invalid field polynomials with a zero constant term, via the above or similar APIs, may terminate abruptly as a result of reading or writing outside of array bounds. Remote code execution cannot easily be ruled out. The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 12% · top 3.7% CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds readCWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
29Affected product versions listed by NVD
17References
9 Nov 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Issue summary: Use of the low-level GF(2^m) elliptic curve APIs with untrusted explicit values for the field polynomial can lead to out-of-bounds memory reads or writes. Impact summary: Out of bound memory writes can lead to an application crash or even a possibility of a remote code execution, however, in all the protocols involving Elliptic Curve Cryptography that we're aware of, either only "named curves" are supported, or, if explicit curve parameters are supported, they specify an X9.62 encoding of binary (GF(2^m)) curves that can't represent problematic input values. Thus the likelihood of existence of a vulnerable application is low. In particular, the X9.62 encoding is used for ECC keys in X.509 certificates, so problematic inputs cannot occur in the context of processing X.509 certificates. Any problematic use-cases would have to be using an "exotic" curve encoding. The affected APIs include: EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m(), EC_GROUP_new_from_params(), and various supporting BN_GF2m_*() functions. Applications working with "exotic" explicit binary (GF(2^m)) curve parameters, that make it possible to represent invalid field polynomials with a zero constant term, via the above or similar APIs, may terminate abruptly as a result of reading or writing outside of array bounds. Remote code execution cannot easily be ruled out. The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/72ae83ad214d2eef262461365a1975707f862712 Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/bc7e04d7c8d509fb78fc0e285aa948fb0da04700 Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/c0d3e4d32d2805f49bec30547f225bc4d092e1f4 Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/fdf6723362ca51bd883295efe206cb5b1cfa5154 Patch
https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/8efc0cbaa8ebba8e116f7b81a876a4123594d86a Permissions Required
https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/9d576994cec2b7aa37a91740ea7e680810957e41 Permissions Required
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20241016.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/16/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/23/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/24/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00033.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00000.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241101-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-277137.html Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-9143), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-12). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.