The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) implementation in crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8o and 1.x before 1.0.0a does not…

Description

The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) implementation in crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8o and 1.x before 1.0.0a does not properly handle structures that contain OriginatorInfo, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify invalid memory locations or conduct double-free attacks, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-310 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-310 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2211&user=guest&pass=guest (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 40024 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 42724 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12395 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 40502 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• HPSBUX02610 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://cvs.openssl.org/filediff?f=openssl/crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c&v1=1.8&v2=1.8.6.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598738 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40000 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42733 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 42457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19693 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100601.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-0742](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-0742.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-0742)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:59 UTC.