Name: CVE-2015-5333: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-5333, CWE-400, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01978

Memory leak in the OBJ_obj2txt function in LibreSSL before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ASN.1 object identifiers in X.509 certificates.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Apple Osx Openssh	—	Apply OS X security update 2016-002Upgrade macOS to the latest version	Mar 29, 2016	Mar 29, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade libressl	Dec 10, 2025	Oct 16, 2015
Suse	—	Upgrade libtls9Upgrade libssl37-debuginfoUpgrade libcrypto36-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade libressl-develUpgrade libtls9-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade libresslUpgrade libtls9-debuginfoUpgrade libcrypto36Upgrade libtls9-32bitUpgrade libssl37Upgrade libressl-devel-32bitUpgrade libressl-debugsourceUpgrade libssl37-32bitUpgrade libcrypto36-32bitUpgrade libssl37-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade libressl-devel-docUpgrade libcrypto36-debuginfoUpgrade libressl-debuginfo	Dec 18, 2015	Oct 27, 2015

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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