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.
Published: 2010-03-26
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 15.5% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:59:39.011Z

Reserved: 2010-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0740

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-03-26T18:30:00.467

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0740

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-03-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0740 - Bugzilla

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