An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.25.0 (and before 2.16.9 LTS and before 2.7.18 LTS). A NULL algorithm parameters entry looks identical to an array of REAL (size zero) and thus the certificate is considered valid. However, if the parameters do not match in any way, then the certificate should be considered invalid.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-23964 An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.25.0 (and before 2.16.9 LTS and before 2.7.18 LTS). A NULL algorithm parameters entry looks identical to an array of REAL (size zero) and thus the certificate is considered valid. However, if the parameters do not match in any way, then the certificate should be considered invalid.
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History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00341}

epss

{'score': 0.00254}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:07.313Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-36478

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-23T02:15:07.097

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:29:38.247

Link: CVE-2020-36478

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