Exploit for CVE-2023-3817

Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow.

Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex()
or EVP_PKEY_param_check() to check a DH key or DH parameters may experience long
delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been obtained
from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service.

The function DH_check() performs various checks on DH parameters. After fixing
CVE-2023-3446 it was discovered that a large q parameter value can also trigger
an overly long computation during some of these checks. A correct q value,
if present, cannot be larger than the modulus p parameter, thus it is
unnecessary to perform these checks if q is larger than p.

An application that calls DH_check() and supplies a key or parameters obtained
from an untrusted source could be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.

The function DH_check() is itself called by a number of other OpenSSL functions.
An application calling any of those other functions may similarly be affected.
The other functions affected by this are DH_check_ex() and
EVP_PKEY_param_check().

Also vulnerable are the OpenSSL dhparam and pkeyparam command line applications
when using the "-check" option.

The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue.

The OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS providers are not affected by this issue.

Published: 2023-07-31

CVSS: 5.3

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Download Exploit for CVE-2023-3817 here:

Use Tor Browser to access .onion links.

Check our team here:

https://wednesfieldacademy.com/exploit-901-cve-2025-48631/

https://wednesfieldacademy.com/exploit-503-cve-2025-55247/

https://wednesfieldacademy.com/exploit-155-cve-2014-0196/

Contact Info

Wednesfield Academy
Lichfield Road
Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV11 3ES

T: 01902 558 222

postbox@wednesfieldacademy.co.uk

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Copyright 2026 © All Rights Reserved

CEOP-1

Loading