High
Security advisory
NULL pointer dereference in get_san_or_cn_from_cert() in src/coap_openssl.c in OISM libcoap 4.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted X.509 certificate that causes sk_GENERAL_NAME_value() to return NULL.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2025-65494
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 18:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
NULL pointer dereference in get_san_or_cn_from_cert() in src/coap_openssl.c in OISM libcoap 4.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted X.509 certificate that causes sk_GENERAL_NAME_value() to return NULL.
osv:CVE-2025-65494
Complete source record
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