# CVE-2015-0290: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via pointer corruption in OpenSSL's SSL handling on specific 64-bit platforms with AES NI support.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hhgx-2m78-2p9v

## What is CVE-2015-0290?

CVE-2015-0290 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 multi-block feature in the ssl3_write_bytes function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a on 64-bit x86 platforms with AES NI support does not properly handle certain non-blocking I/O cases, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pointer corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-17

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openssl Openssl.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-0290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-0290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-0290 is a medium-severity denial of service 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-2015-0290 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-2015-0290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0290

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