CVE-2014-8176: OpenSSL

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 16.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dtls1_clear_queues function in ssl/d1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h frees data structures without considering that application data can arrive between a ChangeCipherSpec message and a Finished message, which allows remote DTLS peers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unexpected application data.

Affected products

• OpenSSL OpenSSL: up to and including 0.9.8z; version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.0a only; version 1.0.0b only; version 1.0.0c only; version 1.0.0d only; …

Published 2015-06-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.