CVE-2023-53159

low

Description

The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.

References

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0044.html

https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/1965

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-59771

https://crates.io/crates/openssl

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-07-28

Updated: 2026-09-17

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-xcf7-rvmh-g6q4

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.7

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002