Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-23840

Title: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2021-23840

CWE Category CWE-190
Published Date Feb 16, 2021
Modified Date Apr 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-23840: Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an integer on the platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1 (indicating success), but the output length value will be negative. This could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out of support and no longer receiving public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2x).

Impacted Vendors

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hpe 1
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fujitsu 6
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nodejs 1
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joyent 1
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tenable 2
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openssl 1
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mcafee 1
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redhat 1
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mysql 1
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oracle 9
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magzter 1

Reference Links

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6a51b9e1d0cf0bf8515f7201b68fb0a3482b3dc1 https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9b1129239f3ebb1d1c98ce9ed41d5c9476c47cb2 https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44846 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-03 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0009/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/ https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4855 https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20210216.txt https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-03 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-09 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6a51b9e1d0cf0bf8515f7201b68fb0a3482b3dc1 https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9b1129239f3ebb1d1c98ce9ed41d5c9476c47cb2 https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44846 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-03 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0009/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/ https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4855 https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20210216.txt https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-03 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-09 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-23840 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/Trinadh465/openssl-1.1.1g_CVE-2021-23840
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.