NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE-2014-3470
Summary
The "ssl3_send_client_key_exchange" function in "s3_clnt.c" in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.
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- NETWORK
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- PARTIAL
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
Advisory Timeline
- Published