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CVE-2022-4203

MEDIUM
4.9CVSS
Published: 2023-02-24
Updated: 2025-11-04
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Description

A read 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 the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. The read buffer overrun might result in a crash which could lead to a denial of service attack. In theory it could also result in the disclosure of private memory contents (such as private keys, or sensitive plaintext) although we are not aware of any working exploit leading to memory contents disclosure as of the time of release of this advisory. 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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
high
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-125CWE-125

Metadata

Primary Vendor
OPENSSL
Published
2/24/2023
Last Modified
11/4/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

openssl : openssl

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