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CVE-2022-3786

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 92.49%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-11-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2022-3786
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
92.49%

Original NVD Description

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.' character (decimal 46) on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service). In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.