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CVE-2014-3470

The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.9140 (91.4%)
Percentile: 99.7%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

openssl:opensslredhat:storagefedoraproject:fedoraredhat:enterprise_linuxmariadb:mariadbopensuse:leapopensuse:opensusesuse:linux_enterprise_desktopsuse:linux_enterprise_serversuse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kitsuse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension

Technical description

The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.

Published: 6/5/2014, 9:55:07 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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