Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-0215 is an OpenSSL memory-safety flaw that can crash affected software when specific ASN.1 streaming paths fail. The main business risk is service disruption, not data theft, based on the provided CVSS and description.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority availability fix for systems that process signed, encrypted, or structured message content with OpenSSL. It is less urgent for systems with no CMS, S/MIME, PKCS7, or exposed parsing workflow.
Technical view
BIO_new_NDEF can leave a caller-provided BIO chain holding pointers to a freed BIO_f_asn1 filter after failure. Later BIO_pop use can trigger CWE-416 use-after-free. OpenSSL CMS, S/MIME, PKCS7 streaming APIs and related command-line tools are affected.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where OpenSSL 3.0.0, 1.1.1, or 1.0.2 branches are used for CMS, S/MIME, PKCS7, ASN.1 streaming, or vendor appliances embedding affected OpenSSL code.
Exploitation context
The source bundle marks KEV as false and provides no evidence of active exploitation. The described likely result is a crash causing availability impact. No confidentiality or integrity impact is asserted in the supplied CVSS vector.
Researcher notes
The advisory ties impact to error handling after BIO_new_NDEF prepends BIO_f_asn1 and later returns NULL without fully cleaning the chain. Validate exposure by code path and library version, not by OpenSSL presence alone.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade OpenSSL to vendor-fixed releases referenced by the OpenSSL advisory.
- Apply downstream vendor updates for appliances and distributions using bundled OpenSSL.
- Prioritize internet-facing or email-processing systems using CMS, S/MIME, or PKCS7.
- Check vendor guidance for unsupported or premium OpenSSL 1.0.2 deployments.
Validation and detection
- Inventory OpenSSL versions in operating systems, containers, appliances, and statically linked applications.
- Identify applications calling CMS, S/MIME, PKCS7, ASN.1 streaming, or BIO_new_NDEF APIs.
- Confirm patched versions or vendor advisories cover each exposed product.
- Review crash telemetry for affected OpenSSL CMS or S/MIME processing paths.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- OpenSSL AdvisoryCVE reference · vendor-advisory
- 3.0.8 git commitCVE reference · patch
- 1.1.1t git commitCVE reference · patch
- 1.0.2zg patch (premium)CVE reference · patch
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0007/CVE reference
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0009/CVE reference
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08CVE reference
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/CVE reference
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0003CVE reference
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.
Use After Free
Use After Free represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
