CVE-2025-15468

EUVD-2025-206400
Issue summary: If an application using the SSL_CIPHER_find() function in
a QUIC protocol client or server receives an unknown cipher suite from
the peer, a NULL dereference occurs.

Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference leads to abnormal termination of
the running process causing Denial of Service.

Some applications call SSL_CIPHER_find() from the client_hello_cb callback
on the cipher ID received from the peer. If this is done with an SSL object
implementing the QUIC protocol, NULL pointer dereference will happen if
the examined cipher ID is unknown or unsupported.

As it is not very common to call this function in applications using the QUIC 
protocol and the worst outcome is Denial of Service, the issue was assessed
as Low severity.

The vulnerable code was introduced in the 3.2 version with the addition
of the QUIC protocol support.

The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4 and 3.3 are not affected by this issue,
as the QUIC implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4 and 3.3 are vulnerable to this issue.

OpenSSL 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA-ADPADP
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 14%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
opensslopenssl
3.3.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.3.6
opensslopenssl
3.4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.4.4
opensslopenssl
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.5.5
opensslopenssl
3.6.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.6.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
openssl
bookworm
3.0.18-1~deb12u1
not-affected
bookworm (security)
3.0.18-1~deb12u2
fixed
bullseye
1.1.1w-0+deb11u1
not-affected
bullseye (security)
1.1.1w-0+deb11u4
fixed
forky
3.5.5-1
fixed
sid
3.5.5-1
fixed
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
3.5.4-1~deb13u2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
openssl
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
plucky
ignored
questing
Fixed 3.5.3-1ubuntu3
released
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
openssl1.0
bionic
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
plucky
dne
questing
dne
nodejs
bionic
needs-triage
focal
not-affected
jammy
needed
noble
not-affected
plucky
not-affected
questing
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
needs-triage
edk2
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
plucky
ignored
questing
not-affected
xenial
not-affected