CVE-2009-3245
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD
OpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand function calls in (1) crypto/bn/bn_div.c, (2) crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c, (3) crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c, and (4) engines/e_ubsec.c, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3228)
- Published
- March 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3228 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
- openssl / openssl
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039561.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692159706582&w=2(Patch)
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692170906712&w=2(Patch)
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692180606861&w=2(Patch)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153392/ABB-HMI-Outdated-Software-Components.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37291
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38761(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0977.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0896.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38562
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1003-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0916
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216
- https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html
- https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11738
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6640
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9790
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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