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CVE-2022-3786

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.' character (decimal 46) on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service). In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.

How to fix

Remediation Available
opensslDebian
Fixed in:3.0.7-1CVE-2022-3786
Fixed in:3.0.7-1CVE-2022-3786
Fixed in:3.0.7-1CVE-2022-3786
libssl3Ubuntu
Fixed in:3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7USN-5710-1
Fixed in:3.0.5-2ubuntu2USN-5710-1
opensslUbuntu
Fixed in:3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7USN-5710-1
Fixed in:3.0.5-2ubuntu2USN-5710-1
Node.jsWindows application
Affected:18.0.0 18.11.0Fixed in:18.11.0Node.js Foundation
Node.js (LTS)Windows application
Affected:18.0.0 18.11.0Fixed in:18.11.0Node.js Foundation

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

92.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days
100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2019-11043High8.799%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2011-4862High10.095%-Fix
CVE-2007-5659High7.894%KEVFix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-14.