CVE-2022-3786
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - openssl-security@openssl.org
- Published
- 2022-11-01
- Last modified
- 2026-04-14
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120
Affected products
- Fedora (Fedoraproject)
- Node.js (Nodejs)
- Openssl (Openssl)
- Calibre Ice (Siemens)
- Mcenter (Siemens)
- Scalance X204rna Eec Hsr (Siemens)
- Scalance X204rna Eec Prp (Siemens)
- Scalance X204rna Eec Prphsr (Siemens)
- Scalance X204rna Hsr (Siemens)
- Scalance X204rna Prp (Siemens)
- Sicam Gridpass (Siemens)
- Simatic Rtls Locating Manager (Siemens)
References
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c42165b5706e42f67ef8ef4c351a9a4c5d21639a
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221101.txt
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00789.html
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794340
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-408105.html
