CVE-2024-0727

PKCS12 Decoding crashes

Published Jan 26, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL
to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service attack

Impact summary: Applications loading files in the PKCS12 format from untrusted
sources might terminate abruptly.

A file in PKCS12 format can contain certificates and keys and may come from an
untrusted source. The PKCS12 specification allows certain fields to be NULL, but
OpenSSL does not correctly check for this case. This can lead to a NULL pointer
dereference that results in OpenSSL crashing. If an application processes PKCS12
files from an untrusted source using the OpenSSL APIs then that application will
be vulnerable to this issue.

OpenSSL APIs that are vulnerable to this are: PKCS12_parse(),
PKCS12_unpack_p7data(), PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata(), PKCS12_unpack_authsafes()
and PKCS12_newpass().

We have also fixed a similar issue in SMIME_write_PKCS7(). However since this
function is related to writing data we do not consider it security significant.

The FIPS modules in 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3942-1 openssl security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3942-2 openssl regression update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9v9h-cgj8-h64p Null pointer dereference in PKCS12 parsing
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6622-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6632-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6709-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7018-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7894-1 EDK II vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
openssl
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 12:21 AM
Reserved
Jan 19, 2024, 11:01 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 26, 2024, 9:15 AM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 1:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 22, 2024, 12:00 AM