CVE-2015-0289: The PKCS#7 implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 be...

Security readout for executives and security teams

This is an OpenSSL denial-of-service flaw. An attacker who can feed malformed PKCS#7 data to an application using vulnerable OpenSSL could crash that application. The sources describe application crash, not data theft or code execution. Exposure is most likely where applications accept arbitrary or untrusted PKCS#7 data while linked against affected OpenSSL versions. General OpenSSL presence alone is not enough evidence of reachability. Treat as a targeted availability risk. Prioritize internet-facing or business-critical services that process PKCS#7 data, but do not treat it as confirmed remote code execution based on these sources. Mitigation focus: Upgrade OpenSSL to a fixed upstream version or vendor-patched package.; Prioritize systems where applications parse untrusted PKCS#7 input.; Restart or rebuild affected applications after OpenSSL package updates..

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Jun 13, 2026, 22:56 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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