cve/2010/CVE-2010-0740.md

### [CVE-2010-0740](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0740)
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### Description

The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/chnzzh/OpenSSL-CVE-lib
- https://github.com/cyberdeception/deepdig