{
    "id": "CVE-2010-0740",
    "published": "2010-03-26 18:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:16:45",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.",
    "epss_score": "0.20350",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97404",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "openssl",
            "product": "openssl"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "12334",
            "title": "OpenSSL - Remote Denial of Service",
            "date": "2010-04-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12334"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557640302499&w=2",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/39932",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/42724",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/42733",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43311",
        "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076",
        "http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html",
        "http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0710",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216",
        "https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50",
        "https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html",
        "https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11731",
        "http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc"
    ]
}