{"cve":"CVE-2023-0216","nvd":{"published":"2023-02-08T20:15:24.160","modified":"2026-06-17T05:25:02.767","status":"Modified","description":"An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an\napplication tries to load malformed PKCS7 data with the\nd2i_PKCS7(), d2i_PKCS7_bio() or d2i_PKCS7_fp() functions.\n\nThe result of the dereference is an application crash which could\nlead to a denial of service attack. The TLS implementation in OpenSSL\ndoes not call this function however third party applications might\ncall these functions on untrusted data.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=934a04f0e775309cadbef0aa6b9692e1b12a76c6","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08","https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txt","https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=934a04f0e775309cadbef0aa6b9692e1b12a76c6","https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0003"],"products":["openssl:openssl","stormshield:stormshield_management_center"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:38.595364862+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-0216","score":0.01846,"percentile":0.79067,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-29xx-hcv2-c4cp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-29xx-hcv2-c4cp","summary":"openssl-src subject to Invalid pointer dereference in `d2i_PKCS7` functions","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:51.746096687Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"openssl-src","purl":"pkg:cargo/openssl-src","ranges":[">=300.0.0 <300.0.12"],"fixed":["300.0.12"]}]},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2023-0011","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2023-0011","summary":"Invalid pointer dereference in `d2i_PKCS7` functions","modified":"2023-11-08T04:11:06.322448Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"openssl-src","purl":"pkg:cargo/openssl-src","ranges":[">=300.0.0 <300.0.12"],"fixed":["300.0.12"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}