CVE-2017-7522

medium

Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service by authenticated remote attacker via sending a certificate with an embedded NULL character.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-16539

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/VulnerabilitiesFixedInOpenVPN243

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038768

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99230

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H