CVE catalog

CVE-2017-2800

wolfssl: CVE-2017-2800

Severity: Medium
Published: May 24, 2017, 2:29:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 8.53% · Oct 25, 2026

A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities, denial of service and possible remote code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	wolfssl	sid	`5.9.2-1.2`	fixed
Debian	wolfssl	trixie	`5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2`	fixed
Debian	wolfssl	bookworm	`5.5.4-2+deb12u2`	fixed
Debian	wolfssl	bookworm-security	`5.5.4-2+deb12u3`	fixed
Ubuntu	wolfssl	16.04	`3.4.8+dfsg-1`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	wolfssl	source	sid	`3.12.0+dfsg-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[862154]
Debian	wolfssl	source	trixie	`3.12.0+dfsg-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[862154]
Debian	wolfssl	source	bookworm	`3.12.0+dfsg-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[862154]

[Debian bug #862154]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libwolfssl35]Fixed
Source package: [wolfssl]
Details (4)
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12
[libwolfssl-dev]Fixed
Source package: [wolfssl]
Details (4)
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12
- 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; dsa · wolfssl · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[libwolfssl42t64]Fixed
Source package: [wolfssl]
Details (2)
- 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · 13
- 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · 13
[libwolfssl-dev]Fixed
Source package: [wolfssl]
Details (2)
- 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · 13
- 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.12.0+dfsg-1
  dsa · wolfssl · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:29:08 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]