CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0. It affects OpenSSL. Its EPSS score suggests a 34.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2010-5298
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4
EPSS
34.13%
OpenSSL
Original NVD Description
Race condition in the ssl3_read_bytes function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject data across sessions or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and parsing error) via an SSL connection in a multithreaded environment.