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TI-2012-00049 Aliases CVE-2012-0050GHSA-ph62-8mr5-rp5w

OpenSSL 0.9.8s and 1.0.0f does not properly support DTLS applications, which allows…

Priority LOW 38CWE-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

OpenSSL 0.9.8s and 1.0.0f does not properly support DTLS applications, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-4108.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.13691 96th 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.8sVulnerableOpenSSL
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0fVulnerableOpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.8s Vulnerable ·OpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0f Vulnerable ·OpenSSL

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0050
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ph62-8mr5-rp5w

References

Advisory 7

Other 4

  • TI-2022-01915 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-02645 SM2 Decryption Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-03392 The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-01176 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-14107 Stack buffer overflow in CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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