Critical severity · published Nov 17, 2003
CVE-2003-0545
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…
9.8
CVSS
87.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)87.5% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openssl · Openssl
0.9.6; 0.9.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0545
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0545
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22249
Broken Link
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
Third Party Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
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