Upstream information
Description
An exploitable free of a stack pointer vulnerability exists in the x509 certificate parsing code of ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.19, 2.x before 2.1.7, and 2.4.x before 2.4.2. A specially crafted x509 certificate, when parsed by mbed TLS library, can cause an invalid free of a stack pointer leading to a potential remote code execution. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker can act as either a client or a server on a network to deliver malicious x509 certificates to vulnerable applications.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS detail | CNA (Talos) | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High | High |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 | 3 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- openSUSE-SU-2017:0790-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:36 2023
- openSUSE-SU-2017:0792-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:36 2023
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 12 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-372 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11043 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Sat Mar 11 19:38:39 2017CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 20:24:46 2025