ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a DTLS ChangeCipherSpec packet that occurs before ClientHello.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1386 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 47.63%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8873 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-06-04 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-08 | 48.62% | 47.63% | -0.99% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 49.61% | 48.62% | -1.00% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 49.61% | — |
Full EPSS history (20 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
low | CVE-2009-1386 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1386 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1386 |
suse
|
medium | CVE-2009-1386 severity moderate: SUSE including 164 source package names (compat-openssl098, libopenssl-1_0_0-devel, …), 379 product×package rows across 59 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (59 product lines)): Fixed 207, Known Not Affected 172. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1386/ |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2009-1386 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openssl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): released 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1386 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssl | openssl | > 0.9.8, < 0.9.8i | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | openssl | 0.9.6-15 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openssl:0.9.6-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | openssl | 0.9.6b-3 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openssl:0.9.6b-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | openssl | 0.9.7a-2 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openssl:0.9.7a-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |