CVE-2012-1165 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2012-1165?

CVE-2012-1165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 15 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mime_param_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted S/MIME message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7250.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1165?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-1165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl

• CVE-2009-3245 Null dereference in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-3738 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-63073 Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-6309 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-0799 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

All Openssl Openssl vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1165, GHSA-9vv4-xxfm-24ff.