CVE-2024-0727

Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service attack Impact summary: Applications loading files in the PKCS12 format from untrusted sources might terminate abruptly. A file in PKCS12 format can contain certificates and keys and may come from an untrusted source. The PKCS12 specification allows certain fields to be NULL, but OpenSSL does not correctly check for this case. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference that results in OpenSSL crashing. If an application processes PKCS12 files from an untrusted source using the OpenSSL APIs then that application will be vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL APIs that are vulnerable to this are: PKCS12_parse(), PKCS12_unpack_p7data(), PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata(), PKCS12_unpack_authsafes() and PKCS12_newpass(). We have also fixed a similar issue in SMIME_write_PKCS7(). However since this function is related to writing data we do not consider it security significant. The FIPS modules in 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2 Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c Patch
https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8 Patch
https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539 Patch
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2 Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c Patch
https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8 Patch
https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539 Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00033.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00000.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0006/
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-277137.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-331112.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.html
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:3.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 May 2026, 12:16

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  • () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html -
  • () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-277137.html -
  • () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-331112.html -
  • () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html -
  • () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.html -

03 Nov 2025, 22:16

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00033.html -
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00000.html -

21 Nov 2024, 08:47

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1 -
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0006/ -
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2 - Patch () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a - Patch () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c - Patch () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c - Patch
References () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8 - Patch () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8 - Patch
References () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539 - Patch () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539 - Patch
References () https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt - Vendor Advisory () https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt - Vendor Advisory

14 Oct 2024, 15:15

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CWE CWE-476
References
  • {'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0006/', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}

01 May 2024, 18:15

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  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1 -

08 Feb 2024, 10:15

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References
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0006/ -

02 Feb 2024, 15:53

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First Time Openssl
Openssl openssl
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:3.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
References () https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt - () https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt - Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a - Patch
References () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8 - () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8 - Patch
References () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539 - () https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2 - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c - Patch
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo

26 Jan 2024, 09:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-01-26 09:15

Updated : 2026-05-12 12:16


NVD link : CVE-2024-0727

Mitre link : CVE-2024-0727

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-0727


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Products Affected

openssl

  • openssl
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

NVD-CWE-noinfo