CVE-2015-5333

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the OBJ_obj2txt function in LibreSSL before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ASN.1 object identifiers in X.509 certificates.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
LibreSSL	LibreSSL	before 2.3.1

References

http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.3.1-relnotes.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133998/Qualys-Security-Advisory-LibreSSL-Leak-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536692/100/0/threadedBroken Link
http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.3.1-relnotes.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133998/Qualys-Security-Advisory-LibreSSL-Leak-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536692/100/0/threadedBroken Link

Timeline

Published: Jan 23, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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