CVE-2010-2939 (GCVE-0-2010-2939)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-08-17 17:31 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Double free vulnerability in the ssl3_get_key_exchange function in the OpenSSL client (ssl/s3_clnt.c) in OpenSSL 1.0.0a, 0.9.8, 0.9.7, and possibly other versions, when using ECDH, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted private key with an invalid prime. NOTE: some sources refer to this as a use-after-free issue.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
22 references
Date Public
2010-08-07 00:00
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"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2038"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2229"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3077"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
"vulnStatus": "Modified",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-399"
}
],
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
},
"redhat_vex": {
"current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:03:58+00:00",
"cve": "CVE-2010-2939",
"id": "CVE-2010-2939",
"initial_release_date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "openssl: double-free vulnerability in ssl3_get_key_exchange()",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2010/cve-2010-2939.json",
"version": "3"
}
}
}
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