--- title: "CVE-2010-0740\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0740?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2010-0740 Publication date 26 March 2010 Last updated 4 August 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0740?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | openssl | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) according to upstream, if 'short' is a 16-bit integer, this issue applies only to OpenSSL 0.9.8m, otherwise it affects 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m. Confirmed that on all releases of Ubuntu on all architectures that 'short' is 2 bytes. (8.10/sparc and 10.04/armel could not be checked) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0740) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0740) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-0740) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0740) ### Other references * *