CVE-2023-53159

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-53159
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-07-28 03:15:23 UTC
Updated2026-09-17 16:42:20 UTC
DescriptionThe openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 3.3 LOW from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.002100000 probability, percentile 0.107130000 (date 2026-10-24)

Problem Types: CWE-126 | CWE-126 CWE-126 Buffer Over-read

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary3.3LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
3.1CNADECLARED4.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sfackler Openssl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Sfackler Openssl affected 0.10.55 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
crates.io/crates/openssl [email protected] crates.io Product
github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/1965 [email protected] github.com Exploit, Patch
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0044.html [email protected] rustsec.org Third Party Advisory
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