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CVE-2023-0216

An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to load malformed PKCS7 data with the d2i_PKCS7(), d2i_PKCS7_bio() or d2i_PKCS7_fp() functions. The result of the dereference is an application crash which could lead to a denial of service attack. The TLS implementation in OpenSSL does not call this function however third party applications might call these…

Severity
High 7.5
Published
8 Feb 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
OpenSSLServers and applications · cpe:a:openssl:openssl
  • From 3.0.0 up to 3.0.7

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0216
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0216