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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-0544

OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1 inputs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate that causes OpenSSL to read past the end of a buffer when…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 6.92%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1 inputs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate that causes OpenSSL to read past the end of a buffer when the long form is used.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
6.92% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
openssl/openssl
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.