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medium 5.0

CVE-2009-1379 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the dtls1_retrieve_buffered_fragment function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 2 allows remote attack…

published 2009-05-19 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1377

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.2%
EPSS 18.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the dtls1_retrieve_buffered_fragment function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (openssl s_client crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a DTLS packet, as demonstrated by a packet from a server that uses a crafted server certificate.

Patch / fix

  • openssl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.8k-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1379

  • openssl RHEL 5 0.9.8e-12.el5
  • openssl-perl RHEL 5 0.9.8e-12.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1335

  • openssl-1_1 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.1.1l-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-1379 updated cvss 5.0

OpenSSL: DTLS pointer use-after-free flaw (DoS)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) openssl 0.9.8e-12.el5, openssl-perl 0.9.8e-12.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) openssl 0.9.8e-12.el5, openssl-perl 0.9.8e-12.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) openssl 0.9.8e-12.el5, openssl-perl 0.9.8e-12.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1335

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-8720)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

18.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-8720 OpenSSL 0.9.8k/1.0.0-beta2 - DTLS Remote Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service dos, 2009-05-18
  • rt.openssl.org http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1923&user=guest&pass=guest referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
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References

Sources

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