# CVE-2015-0287: Memory corruption in n/a > Attackers can cause denial of service via memory corruption in OpenSSL's ASN.1 decoding when structure reuse is enabled. - **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 19 Mar 2015 - **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0287, GHSA-7mxg-8jv7-cj7v, SUSE-RU-2015:1411-1, SUSE-RU-2015:1412-1, SUSE-RU-2015:1469-1, SUSE-RU-2015:1477-1, SUSE-SU-2015:1410-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0287 ## What is CVE-2015-0287? CVE-2015-0287 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 19 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim. ### Official description The ASN1_item_ex_d2i function in crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a does not reinitialize CHOICE and ADB data structures, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and memory corruption) by leveraging an application that relies on ASN.1 structure reuse. Weakness: CWE-17 ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0287? It affects 1 product. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `compat-openssl097g` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | All versions | 0.9.7g-146.22.33.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `compat-openssl097g` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.9.7g-146.22.33.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `compat-openssl098` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | All versions | 0.9.8j-81.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | All versions | 1.0.1i-27.3.1 | | `compat-openssl098` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 | All versions | 0.9.8j-81.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-TERADATA | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl1` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY | All versions | 1.0.1g-0.32.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 | All versions | 1.0.1i-27.3.1 | | `compat-openssl097g` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | All versions | 0.9.7g-146.22.33.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `compat-openssl097g` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.9.7g-146.22.33.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | All versions | 1.0.1i-27.3.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | All versions | 1.0.1i-27.3.1 | | `openssl` | SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3 | All versions | 0.9.8j-0.74.1 | Products: Openssl Openssl. ## How do I fix CVE-2015-0287? Upgrade to a fixed version. ## Is CVE-2015-0287 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0287 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl - [CVE-2009-3245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3245/): Null dereference in n/a (critical 10.0) - [CVE-2006-3738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3738/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0) - [CVE-2026-63073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63073/): Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2016-6309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6309/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8) - [CVE-2016-0799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0799/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0287 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2015-0287 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 19 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0287 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Openssl Openssl. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0287/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0287 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0287 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0287 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0287/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.