CVE-2023-53159

unknown
Published 2023-06-20 · Modified 2025-10-28
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.

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-2023-53159

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed0.10.57-1
debian debiansidfixed0.10.57-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.10.57-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
rust crates.ioopenssl
rust crates.ioopenssl>=0.0.0-0,<0.10.550.10.55
rust crates.ioopenssl>=0.10.0,<0.10.550.10.55

References

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