CVE-2014-8176

high
Published 2015-06-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The dtls1_clear_queues function in ssl/d1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h frees data structures without considering that application data can arrive between a ChangeCipherSpec message and a Finished message, which allows remote DTLS peers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unexpected application data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8176

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150611.txt

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.1h-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.0.1h-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.1h-1
debian debiansidfixed1.0.1h-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.1h-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openssl opensslopenssl{"endIncluding":"0.9.8z"}
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0a
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0b
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0c
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0d
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0e
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0f
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0g
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0h
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0i
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0j
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0k
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.0l
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1a
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1b
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1c
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1d
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1e
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1f
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1g

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.