CVE-2014-0198 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2014-0198?

CVE-2014-0198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The do_ssl3_write function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.x through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, does not properly manage a buffer pointer during certain recursive calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors that trigger an alert condition.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0198?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mariadb Mariadb, Openssl Openssl, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0198?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-0198 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0198, DSA-2931-1, GHSA-f647-2p86-g4x9, MGASA-2014-0204, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0198.