Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-23408
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the wolfssl package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
wolfSSL 5.x before 5.1.1 uses non-random IV values in certain situations. This affects connections (without AEAD) using AES-CBC or DES3 with TLS 1.1 or 1.2 or DTLS 1.1 or 1.2. This occurs because of misplaced memory initialization in BuildMessage in internal.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | wolfssl | 5.1.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23408 |
| Debian:13 | wolfssl | 5.1.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23408 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wolfssl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23408 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wolfssl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23408 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wolfssl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23408 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | wolfssl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23408 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | wolfssl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23408 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/4710 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/blob/master/ChangeLog.md#wolfssl-release-511-jan-3rd-2022 x_refsource_MISC