CVE-2024-6119 Details
Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS
clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory
address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process.

Impact summary: Abnormal termination of an application can a cause a denial of
service.

Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking
server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address when
comparing the expected name with an `otherName` subject alternative name of an
X.509 certificate. This may result in an exception that terminates the
application program.

Note that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not
affected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also
specifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address.

TLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they
generally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected
identity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the
certificate chain. So TLS servers are generally not affected and the severity
of the issue is Moderate.

The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-6119
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
8.49 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (92nd percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2024-6119
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
7.5 High
Products affected by CVE-2024-6119
OpenSSL 3.0.0
OpenSSL 3.0.1
OpenSSL 3.0.10
OpenSSL 3.0.11
OpenSSL 3.0.12
DVE Score by Bitsight AI
DVE scores complement traditional static scoring systems like CVSS with Bitsight AI powered real-time threat intelligence and underground cyber criminal activity so that security teams can reduce alert fatigue and focus on vulnerabilities most likely to be exploited.
Low
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CVE-2024-6119 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 29,343 30.07%
JP 11,315 11.60%
DE 8,171 8.37%
IN 3,398 3.48%
GB 3,086 3.16%
FR 2,762 2.83%
KR 2,631 2.70%
PL 2,197 2.25%
SG 2,180 2.23%
BR 2,160 2.21%

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CVE-2024-6119 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 57,296 79.37%
Telecommunications 9,078 12.57%
Education 3,058 4.24%
Government/Politics 864 1.20%
Business Services 374 0.52%
Finance 256 0.35%
Manufacturing 184 0.25%
Utilities 140 0.19%
Healthcare/Wellness 122 0.17%
Transportation 112 0.16%

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