What is GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96?

GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Use after free in openssl

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96 cover?

GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2018-20997. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96?

GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96?

GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96 affects 1 product, including: rust/openssl:\u003e= 0.10.8, \u003c 0.10.9.

GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96CriticalCVSS 9.8

Use after free in openssl

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 25, 2021

Last Modified

June 13, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-20997 →

📋 Description

An issue was discovered in the openssl crate before 0.10.9 for Rust. A use-after-free occurs in CMS Signing.

🎯 Affected products1

rust/openssl:>= 0.10.8, < 0.10.9

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20997
https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/942
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0010.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xjxc-vfw2-cg96