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TI-2008-06817 Aliases CVE-2008-7129GHSA-33mp-r2vv-f8h8

XySSL before 0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via…

Priority LOW 24CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

XySSL before 0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an X.509 certificate that does not pass the RSA signature check during verification.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00878 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.8VulnerableXyssl
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1VulnerableXyssl
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2VulnerableXyssl
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3VulnerableXyssl
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4VulnerableXyssl
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5VulnerableXyssl
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6VulnerableXyssl
cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7VulnerableXyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.8 Vulnerable ·Xyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1 Vulnerable ·Xyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2 Vulnerable ·Xyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3 Vulnerable ·Xyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4 Vulnerable ·Xyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5 Vulnerable ·Xyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6 Vulnerable ·Xyssl
  • cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7 Vulnerable ·Xyssl

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-7129
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33mp-r2vv-f8h8

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2008-06816 The ssl_parse_client_key_exchange function in XySSL before 0.9 does not protect against… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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