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CVE-2022-35409

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.2 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations,...

9.1 CriticalFix available

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.30%Up 1.4 points since Jul 16, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.1

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
CVE-2022-35409
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
CVE-2022-35409
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-38299 No score

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
EUVD-2022-38299
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m52q-qpp4-f753 9.1

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.2 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations,...

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.2 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
GHSA-m52q-qpp4-f753
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-35409 9.1

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2022-35409
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-35409 9.1

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35409
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
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OSVJLSEC-2025-218 9.1

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
JLSEC-2025-218
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-35409 9.1

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-35409
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.1 and 3.x before 3.2.0. In some configurations, an unauthenticated attacker can send an invalid ClientHello message to a DTLS server that causes a heap-based buffer over-read of up to 255 bytes. This can cause a server crash or possibly information disclosure based on error responses. Affected configurations have MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled and MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN less than a threshold that depends on the configuration: 258 bytes if using mbedtls_ssl_cookie_check, and possibly up to 571 bytes with a custom cookie check function.

Record
CVE-2022-35409
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2022-0415 No score

Updated mbedtls packages fix security vulnerability

An unauthenticated remote host could send an invalid ClientHello message in which the declared length of the cookie extends past the end of the message. A DTLS server with MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE enabled would read past the end of the message up to the declared length of the cookie. This could cause a buffer overread of up to 255 bytes on the heap in vulnerable DTLS servers, which may lead to a crash or to information disclosure via the cookie check function (CVE-2022-35409).

This issue has been patched, backporting a fix from upstream's 2.28.0 release.

Record
MGASA-2022-0415
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2022:10247-1 No score

Security update for mbedtls

This update for mbedtls fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2022-35409: Fixed buffer overread in DTLS ClientHello parsing (boo#1201581).
Record
openSUSE-SU-2022:10247-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12478-1 No score

libmbedcrypto7-2.28.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libmbedcrypto7-2.28.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12478-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11119-1 No score

libeverest-3.6.6-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libeverest-3.6.6-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11119-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.16
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.17
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.18
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.19
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.20
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.21
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.22
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.23
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Alpine:v3.24
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls2
Alpine:v3.20
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mbedtls2
Alpine:v3.21
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls2
Alpine:v3.22
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls2
Alpine:v3.23
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls2
Alpine:v3.24
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls3
Alpine:v3.24
before 2.28.1-r0
2.28.1-r0
mbedtls
Debian:12
before 2.28.1-1
2.28.1-1
mbedtls
Debian:13
before 2.28.1-1
2.28.1-1
mbedtls
Debian:14
before 2.28.1-1
2.28.1-1
mbedtls
Debian:10
From an advisory covering 18 CVEs
before 2.16.9-0~deb10u1, plus listed versions
2.16.0-12.16.2-12.16.3-12.16.4-12.16.5-1
2.16.9-0~deb10u1
MbedTLS_jll
Julia
before 2.28.2+0
2.28.2+0
mbedtls
Mageia:8
before 2.16.12-1.1.mga8
2.16.12-1.1.mga8
mbedtls
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.16.9-0.1ubuntu12.16.11-0.1ubuntu12.16.11-0.32.28.0-12.28.0-1build12.28.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
mbedtls
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.16.9-bp153.2.8.1
2.16.9-bp153.2.8.1
mbedtls
openSUSE:Leap 15.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.16.9-bp153.2.8.1
2.16.9-bp153.2.8.1
mbedtls-2
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 2.28.1-1.1
2.28.1-1.1
mbedtls-3
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 3.6.6-1.1
3.6.6-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, factsOSV
affectedOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-35409 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Arm Mbed Tls, published July 15, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.30%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in mbedtls 2.28.1-r0.

References

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