FKIE_CVE-2023-6936

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-02-20 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:51
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In wolfSSL prior to 5.6.6, if callback functions are enabled (via the WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS flag), then a malicious TLS client or network attacker can trigger a buffer over-read on the heap of 5 bytes (WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS is only intended for debugging).
References
facts@wolfssl.comhttps://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/6949/Issue Tracking, Patch
facts@wolfssl.comhttps://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/6949/Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wolfssl wolfssl *
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