Vulnerability in Openssl

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 the long form is used.

EPSS: 0.062 (92.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Openssl — versions 0.9.6, 0.9.7
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2003-0544?
CVE-2003-0544 is a vulnerability in Openssl. Published 2003-11-17.
Is CVE-2003-0544 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.