CVE-2022-4450

libssl3t64: The function PEM_read_bio_ex() reads a PEM file from a BIO and parses anddecodes the "name" (e.g

CVE-2022-4450 is fixed in 22 products on 1 platform, first by libnode72 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3, released February 6, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.2859
98th percentile

The function PEM_read_bio_ex() reads a PEM file from a BIO and parses anddecodes the "name" (e.g. "CERTIFICATE"), any header data and the payloaddata.If the function succeeds then the "name_out", "header" and "data" argumentsarepopulated with pointers to buffers containing the relevant decoded data.Thecaller is responsible for freeing those buffers. It is possible toconstruct aPEM file that results in 0 bytes of payload data. In this casePEM_read_bio_ex()will return a failure code but will populate the header argument with apointerto a buffer that has already been freed. If the caller also frees thisbufferthen a double free will occur. This will most likely lead to a crash. Thiscould be exploited by an attacker who has the ability to supply maliciousPEMfiles for parsing to achieve a denial of service attack.The functions PEM_read_bio() and PEM_read() are simple wrappers aroundPEM_read_bio_ex() and therefore these functions are also directly affected.These functions are also called indirectly by a number of other OpenSSLfunctions including PEM_X509_INFO_read_bio_ex() andSSL_CTX_use_serverinfo_file() which are also vulnerable. Some OpenSSLinternaluses of these functions are not vulnerable because the caller does not freetheheader argument if PEM_read_bio_ex() returns a failure code. Theselocationsinclude the PEM_read_bio_TYPE() functions as well as the decodersintroduced inOpenSSL 3.0.The OpenSSL asn1parse command line application is also impacted by thisissue.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
edk2-aarch64 · RHEL 8 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8 RHSA-2023:2932 May 16, 2023
edk2-aarch64 · RHEL 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-aarch64 · almalinux 8 20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8 ALSA-2023:2932 May 16, 2023
edk2-aarch64 · almalinux 9 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-aarch64 · ol 8 1:20230821-1.el8 ELSA-2023-13025 Dec 6, 2023
edk2-aarch64 · ol 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2165 May 15, 2023
edk2-ovmf · RHEL 8 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8 RHSA-2023:2932 May 16, 2023
edk2-ovmf · RHEL 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-ovmf · almalinux 8 20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8 ALSA-2023:2932 May 16, 2023
edk2-ovmf · almalinux 9 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-ovmf · ol 8 1:20230821-1.el8 ELSA-2023-13025 Dec 6, 2023
edk2-ovmf · ol 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2165 May 15, 2023
edk2-tools · RHEL 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-tools · almalinux 9 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-tools · ol 8 1:20230821-1.el8 ELSA-2023-32791 Dec 6, 2023
edk2-tools · ol 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2165 May 15, 2023
edk2-tools-doc · RHEL 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-tools-doc · almalinux 9 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2165 May 9, 2023
edk2-tools-doc · ol 9 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2165 May 15, 2023
libnode72 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 libnode72 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 Feb 6, 2023
libssl1.1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.21 libssl1.1 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.21 Feb 6, 2023
libssl1.1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.17 libssl1.1 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.17 Feb 6, 2023
libssl3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.8 libssl3 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.8 Feb 6, 2023
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 libssl3t64 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 Feb 7, 2023
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 libssl3t64 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 Feb 7, 2023
nodejs · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 nodejs 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 Feb 6, 2023
openssl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 3.0.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4450 Feb 8, 2023
openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.0.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4450 Feb 8, 2023
openssl · Debian 14 3.0.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4450 Feb 8, 2023
openssl · RHEL 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 RHSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 RHSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.21 openssl 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.21 Feb 6, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.17 openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.17 Feb 6, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.8 openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.8 Feb 6, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 openssl 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 Feb 7, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 openssl 3.0.8-1ubuntu1 Feb 7, 2023
openssl · almalinux 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 ALSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 ALSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2023-101 Feb 17, 2023
openssl · ol 8 2:1.1.1k-9.ksplice1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-12213 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · ol 9 1:3.0.1-47.0.1.el9_1 ELSA-2023-0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl · rocky 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 RLSA-2023:1405 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · rocky 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 RLSA-2023:0946 Mar 29, 2023
openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2023-101 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2023-101 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-debugsource · ol 8 2:1.1.1k-9.ksplice1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-12213 Mar 28, 2023
openssl-devel · RHEL 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 RHSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl-devel · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 RHSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-devel · almalinux 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 ALSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl-devel · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 ALSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-devel · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2023-101 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-devel · ol 8 2:1.1.1k-9.ksplice1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-12213 Mar 28, 2023
openssl-devel · ol 9 1:3.0.1-47.0.1.el9_1 ELSA-2023-0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-libs · RHEL 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 RHSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl-libs · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 RHSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-libs · almalinux 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 ALSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl-libs · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 ALSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2023-101 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-libs · ol 8 2:1.1.1k-9.ksplice1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-12213 Mar 28, 2023
openssl-libs · ol 9 1:3.0.1-47.0.1.el9_1 ELSA-2023-0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2023-101 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-perl · RHEL 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 RHSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl-perl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 RHSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-perl · almalinux 8 1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7 ALSA-2023:1405 Mar 22, 2023
openssl-perl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-47.el9_1 ALSA-2023:0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-perl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2023-101 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-perl · ol 8 2:1.1.1k-9.ksplice1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-12213 Mar 28, 2023
openssl-perl · ol 9 1:3.0.1-47.0.1.el9_1 ELSA-2023-0946 Feb 28, 2023
openssl-static · ol 8 2:1.1.1k-9.ksplice1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-12213 Mar 28, 2023
ovmf · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 ovmf 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
ovmf-ia32 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 ovmf-ia32 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
qemu-efi · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 qemu-efi 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
qemu-efi-aarch64 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 qemu-efi-aarch64 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
qemu-efi-arm · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 qemu-efi-arm 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025

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