CVE-2003-0545
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 87.5% (pctl 100)
Patch early
EPSS 87.5% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL client certificate with a certain invalid ASN.1 encoding.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 87.5% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-415 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2003-11-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openssl | openssl |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22249
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22249
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2590
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