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TI-2024-08492 Aliases CVE-2024-9143GHSA-q764-r57m-9wp9

Low-level invalid GF(2^m) parameters lead to OOB memory access

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Issue summary: Use of the low-level GF(2^m) elliptic curve APIs with untrusted explicit values for the field polynomial can lead to out-of-bounds memory reads or writes. Impact summary: Out of bound memory writes can lead to an application crash or even a possibility of a remote code execution, however, in all the protocols involving Elliptic Curve Cryptography that we're aware of, either only "named curves" are supported, or, if explicit curve parameters are supported, they specify an X9.62 encoding of binary (GF(2^m)) curves that can't represent problematic input values. Thus the likelihood of existence of a vulnerable application is low. In particular, the X9.62 encoding is used for ECC keys in X.509 certificates, so problematic inputs cannot occur in the context of processing X.509 certificates. Any problematic use-cases would have to be using an "exotic" curve encoding. The affected APIs include: EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m(), EC_GROUP_new_from_params(), and various supporting BN_GF2m_*() functions. Applications working with "exotic" explicit binary (GF(2^m)) curve parameters, that make it possible to represent invalid field polynomials with a zero constant term, via the above or similar APIs, may terminate abruptly as a result of reading or writing outside of array bounds. Remote code execution cannot easily be ruled out. The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.08997 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial OpenSSL (OpenSSL): 3.3.3, 3.2.4, 3.1.8 +3Red Hat: 8 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenSSLOpenSSL3.3.0 to before 3.3.3; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.4; 3.1.0 to before 3.1.8; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.16; 1.1.1 to before 1.1.1zb; 1.0.2 to before 1.0.2zl3.3.3, 3.2.4, 3.1.8, 3.0.16, 1.1.1zb, 1.0.2zlPatch availableCNA
  • OpenSSL VendorOpenSSL Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.3; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.4; 3.1.0 to before 3.1.8; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.16; 1.1.1 to before 1.1.1zb; 1.0.2 to before 1.0.2zl Fixed in 3.3.3, 3.2.4, 3.1.8, 3.0.16, 1.1.1zb, 1.0.2zl Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——OpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·OpenSSL

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA OpenSSL (OpenSSL) Fixed in 3.3.3, 3.2.4, 3.1.8, 3.0.16, 1.1.1zb, 1.0.2zl

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Core ServicesAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9143
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q764-r57m-9wp9
  3. 2026-11-06 CVSS score changed · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  5. 2026-11-06 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
  6. 2026-11-07 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile

References

  • 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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