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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-8855

wolfSSL before 3.11.0 does not prevent wc_DhAgree from accepting a malformed DH key.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-8855

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 May 2017, 20:29 UTC

wolfSSL before 3.11.0 does not prevent wc_DhAgree from accepting a malformed DH key.

osv:CVE-2017-8855
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8855",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-8855",
    "summary": "wolfSSL before 3.11.0 does not prevent wc_DhAgree from accepting a malformed DH key.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-8855",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-8855",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-8855"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "c9bb75c0f3f7745615674bab6e3188e3175aacd4"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "edf5d6d7777196c5579f00da525550711466440d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.10.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "edf5d6d7777196c5579f00da525550711466440d"
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v3.11.0-stable"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.10.4",
            "v3.10.3",
            "v3.10.2-stable",
            "v3.10.0a",
            "v3.10.0-stable",
            "v3.9.10b",
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            "v3.9.8",
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            "v3.9.6",
            "v3.9.1",
            "v3.9.0",
            "v3.8.0",
            "v3.7.3",
            "v3.7.1",
            "v3.7.0",
            "v3.6.9",
            "v3.6.8",
            "v3.4.6",
            "v3.4.2",
            "v3.4.0",
            "v3.3.3",
            "v3.3.0",
            "v3.2.6",
            "v3.2.4",
            "v3.2.0",
            "v2.9.4",
            "v2.9.2",
            "v2.9.1",
            "v0.5",
            "v2.9.0",
            "v2.8.6",
            "v2.8.5a",
            "v2.8.5",
            "v2.8.4",
            "v2.8.3",
            "v2.8.2",
            "v2.8.0",
            "v2.7.2",
            "v2.7.0",
            "v2.6.2",
            "v2.6.0",
            "v2.4.7",
            "v2.4.6",
            "v2.4.2",
            "v2.0.8",
            "v2.0.6",
            "v2.0.3",
            "v2.0.2",
            "v2.0rc3",
            "v2.0rc2b",
            "v2.0rc2",
            "v2.0rc1",
            "v1.9.0",
            "v1.8.8.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8855.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:34.455633381Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v3.11.0-stable"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-8855",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380567,
  "published_at": "2017-05-09T20:29:00.24+00:00"
}