Security Advisory

CVE-2017-2781

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-06-22 21:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 14:02:07
Assigner talos
State PUBLISHED

Description

An exploitable heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parsing functionality of InsideSecure MatrixSSL 3.8.7b. A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a buffer overflow on the heap resulting in remote code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, a specially crafted x509 certificate must be presented to the vulnerable client or server application when initiating secure connection.