```toml [advisory] id = "RUSTSEC-2022-0065" package = "openssl-src" aliases = ["CVE-2022-3786", "GHSA-h8jm-2x53-xhp5"] categories = ["denial-of-service"] date = "2022-11-01" url = "https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221101.txt" [versions] patched = [">= 300.0.11"] unaffected = ["< 300.0.0"] ``` # X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.` character (decimal 46) on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service). In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.