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CVE-2018-1000807
Python Cryptographic Authority pyopenssl version prior to version 17.5.0 contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in X509 object…
High8.1EPSS 4.1%
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Description
Python Cryptographic Authority pyopenssl version prior to version 17.5.0 contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in X509 object handling that can result in Use after free can lead to possible denial of service or remote code execution.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on the calling application and if it retains a reference to the memory.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 17.5.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpyopensslGHSA-p28m-34f6-967q (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/pull/723 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- USN-3813-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/commit/e73818600065821d588af475b024f4eb518c3509 (opens in a new tab)x_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 Advisory GHSA-p28m-34f6-967q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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