CVE-2014-3505 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash applications using OpenSSL by sending crafted DTLS packets, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3505?
CVE-2014-3505 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 13 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Double free vulnerability in d1_both.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted DTLS packets that trigger an error condition.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3505?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openssl Openssl.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3505?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2014-3505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3505, GHSA-fw22-2v92-6x57, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3505.