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CVE-2024-5642

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.74% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-06-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects OpenSSL. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2024-5642
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.74%
OpenSSL

Original NVD Description

CPython 3.9 and earlier doesn't disallow configuring an empty list ("[]") for SSLContext.set_npn_protocols() which is an invalid value for the underlying OpenSSL API. This results in a buffer over-read when NPN is used (see CVE-2024-5535 for OpenSSL). This vulnerability is of low severity due to NPN being not widely used and specifying an empty list likely being uncommon in-practice (typically a protocol name would be configured).