CVE-2009-1379
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 18.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 18.2% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1377)
- Published
- May 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1377 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openssl / openssl
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1923&user=guest&pass=guest(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36533
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37003
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38761
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4AD43807.7080105%40users.sourceforge.net
- http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20091012-01.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/4
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35138
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022241
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1377
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50661
- https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1379
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6848
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9744
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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