CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-3194

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 06, 2015 | Modified: May 06, 2026
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.8 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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crypto/rsa/rsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1q and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an RSA PSS ASN.1 signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1a (including)1.0.1a (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1b (including)1.0.1b (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1c (including)1.0.1c (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1d (including)1.0.1d (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1e (including)1.0.1e (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1f (including)1.0.1f (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1g (including)1.0.1g (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1h (including)1.0.1h (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1i (including)1.0.1i (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1j (including)1.0.1j (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1k (including)1.0.1k (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1l (including)1.0.1l (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1m (including)1.0.1m (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1n (including)1.0.1n (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1o (including)1.0.1o (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.1p (including)1.0.1p (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.2a (including)1.0.2a (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.2b (including)1.0.2b (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.2c (including)1.0.2c (including)
OpensslOpenssl1.0.2d (including)1.0.2d (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatopenssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatopenssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.1*
Red Hat JBoss Core ServicesRedHat*
OpensslUbuntudevel*
OpensslUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
OpensslUbuntuprecise*
OpensslUbuntutrusty*
OpensslUbuntutrusty/esm*
OpensslUbuntuupstream*
OpensslUbuntuvivid*
OpensslUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
OpensslUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
OpensslUbuntuwily*

Potential Mitigations

References