cve-2022-4203
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-24 14:53
Modified
2024-08-03 01:34
Severity ?
Summary
X.509 Name Constraints Read Buffer Overflow
References
openssl-security@openssl.orghttps://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c927a3492698c254637da836762f9b1f86cffabcMailing List, Patch
openssl-security@openssl.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08
openssl-security@openssl.orghttps://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txtVendor Advisory
Impacted products
OpenSSLOpenSSL
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