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CVE-2022-39173

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2022-09-29 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In wolfSSL before 5.5.1, malicious clients can cause a buffer overflow during a TLS 1.3 handshake. This occurs when an attacker supposedly resumes a previous TLS session. During the resumption Client Hello a Hello Retry Request must be triggered. Both Client Hellos are required to contain a list of duplicate cipher suites to trigger the buffer overflow. In total, two Client Hellos have to be sent: one in the resumed session, and a second one as a response to a Hello Retry Request message.

Affected Platforms

Wolfssl Wolfssl

Weakness Type

CWE-787, CWE-787

References