CVE-2022-3602

X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow

Published Nov 1, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 90.8% KEV · Not listed
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 the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address to overflow four attacker-controlled bytes on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service) or potentially remote code execution. Many platforms implement stack overflow protections which would mitigate against the risk of remote code execution. The risk may be further mitigated based on stack layout for any given platform/compiler. Pre-announcements of CVE-2022-3602 described this issue as CRITICAL. Further analysis based on some of the mitigating factors described above have led this to be downgraded to HIGH. Users are still encouraged to upgrade to a new version as soon as possible. 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. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.7 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3,3.0.4,3.0.5,3.0.6).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8rwr-x37p-mx23 X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5710-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169687/OpenSSL-Security-Advisory-20221101.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/15 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/16 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/17 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/18 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/19 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/20 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/21 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/24 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/10 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/11 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/12 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/13 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/14 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/15 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/9 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/10 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/11 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-408105.html cve-icon
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fe3b639dc19b325846f4f6801f2f4604f56e3de3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63YRPWPUSX3MBHNPIEJZDKQT6YA7UF6S/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DWP23EZYOBDJQP7HP4YU7W2ABU2YDITS/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3602 cve-icon
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0023 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-01 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221102-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-openssl-W9sdCc2a cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3602 cve-icon
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00789.html cve-icon
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794340 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2022/11/01/email-address-overflows/ cve-icon
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221101.txt cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
openssl
Published
Updated
Apr 14, 2026, 8:58 AM
Reserved
Oct 19, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 1, 2022, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:59 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 1, 2022, 12:00 AM