CVE-2010-1633
RSA verification recovery in the EVP_PKEY_verify_recover function in OpenSSL 1.x before 1.0.0a, as used by pkeyutl and possibly other applications, returns uninitialized memory upon failure, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended key requirements or obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1654)
- Published
- June 3, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1654 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
References
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19693
- http://cvs.openssl.org/filediff?f=openssl/crypto/rsa/rsa_pmeth.c&v1=1.34&v2=1.34.2.1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40024(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57353
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100601.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40503
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1313(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598732
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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