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    CVE-2022-3786

    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 a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.' character (decimal 46) on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service). 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.

    Published:Nov 1, 2022
    Last Modified:Apr 14, 2026
    EPS:Nov 1, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.2063
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Nodejs
    Product
    Node.js
    Vendor
    Openssl
    Product
    Openssl
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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