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CVE-2003-0545
CRITICAL
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.
Published: Nov 17, 2003
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CWE-415
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| openssl | openssl | 0.9.6 |
| openssl | openssl | 0.9.7 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-mmjc-3g2p-897m
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
References (20)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22249 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112 Broken Link
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2590 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22249 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112 Broken Link
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
85.45%
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
74.8 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub