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CVE-2014-3509

Race condition in the ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext function in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i, when multithreading and session resumption are used, allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and client application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending Elliptic Curve (EC) Supported Point Formats Extension data.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.1297 (13.0%)
Percentile: 94.1%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

openssl:openssl

Technical description

Race condition in the ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext function in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i, when multithreading and session resumption are used, allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and client application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending Elliptic Curve (EC) Supported Point Formats Extension data.

Published: 8/13/2014, 11:55:07 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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