Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-44718 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in Wolfssl

Summary

wolfSSL through 5.0.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and infinite loop in the client component by sending crafted traffic from a Machine-in-the-Middle (MITM) position. The root cause is that the client module accepts TLS messages that normally are only sent to TLS servers.

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

• CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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