# CVE-2017-3730: Bad (EC)DHE parameters cause a client crash

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-05-04 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- OpenSSL: openssl-1.1.0, openssl-1.1.0a, openssl-1.1.0b, openssl-1.1.0c

## Description

In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0d, if a malicious server supplies bad parameters for a DHE or ECDHE key exchange then this can result in the client attempting to dereference a NULL pointer leading to a client crash. This could be exploited in a Denial of Service attack.

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## References

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41192/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95812
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/efbe126e3ebb9123ac9d058aa2bb044261342aaa
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20170126.txt
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037717
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-07
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03838en_us
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41192
- https://github.com/HavocParasite/CVE-2017-3730

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