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CVE-2022-3786

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2022-11-01
Updated: 2025-11-04
AI Analysis

Description

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.' character (decimal 46) on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service). In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-120CWE-120

Metadata

Primary Vendor
OPENSSL
Published
11/1/2022
Last Modified
11/4/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

openssl : opensslfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoranodejs : node.jsnodejs : node.jsnodejs : node.js

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