Servers and applications
CVE-2023-0217
An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to check a malformed DSA public key by the EVP_PKEY_public_check() function. This will most likely lead to an application crash. This function can be called on public keys supplied from untrusted sources which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service attack. The TLS implementation in OpenSSL does not…
- Severity
- High 7.5
- Published
- 8 Feb 2023
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 21 Oct 2026
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
OpenSSLServers and applications · cpe:a:openssl:openssl |
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