{"id":"CVE-2023-0216","aliases":["GHSA-29xx-hcv2-c4cp","RUSTSEC-2023-0011"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0216","summary":"Invalid pointer dereference in d2i_PKCS7 functions","details":"An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an\napplication tries to load malformed PKCS7 data with the\nd2i_PKCS7(), d2i_PKCS7_bio() or d2i_PKCS7_fp() functions.\n\nThe result of the dereference is an application crash which could\nlead to a denial of service attack. The TLS implementation in OpenSSL\ndoes not call this function however third party applications might\ncall these functions on untrusted data.","published":"2023-02-08T19:03:05.652Z","modified":"2026-07-15T01:49:17.559102953Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"openssl-src","fixedVersion":"300.0.12"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0003"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0216.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0216"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txt"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=934a04f0e775309cadbef0aa6b9692e1b12a76c6"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-15T01:49:17.559102953Z"}}