CVE-2006-7250
The mime_hdr_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8t and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted
02 Description
The mime_hdr_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8t and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-02-29 11:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 09822b6512a44c05716e4c7028c21e8c00593f60d918a14ea2a02a72cee023a3
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=748738
- secunia.com48516http://secunia.com/advisories/48516
- secunia.com48899http://secunia.com/advisories/48899
- marc.info[openssl-dev] 20060829 Crash inside SMIME_read_PKCS7 if input is not MIMEhttp://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=115685408414194&w=2
- www.mail-archive.com[openssl-dev] 20120210 [openssl.org #2711] Fix possible NULL dereference on bad MIME headershttp://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev%40openssl.org/msg30305.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1335http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html
- www.securityfocus.com52181http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52181
- secunia.com36533http://secunia.com/advisories/36533
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1424-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1424-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798100
- cvs.openssl.orghttp://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=22144
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120227 CVE request: openssl: null pointer dereference issuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/27/10
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120228 Re: CVE request: openssl: null pointer dereference issuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/14
- secunia.com48153http://secunia.com/advisories/48153
- marc.infoHPSBUX02782http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728068926468&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssl Fixed in 1.0.0h-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssl Fixed in 1.0.0h-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssl Fixed in 1.0.0h-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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