High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5333
CVE-2015-5333
Description
Memory leak in the OBJ_obj2txt function in LibreSSL before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ASN.1 object identifiers in X.509 certificates.
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Affected products
5- LibreSSL/LibreSSLv5Range: before 2.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- packetstormsecurity.com/files/133998/Qualys-Security-Advisory-LibreSSL-Leak-Overflow.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.3.1-relnotes.txtnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00050.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536692/100/0/threadednvdBroken Link
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