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CVE-2003-0545 (GCVE-0-2003-0545)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-10-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2003-09-29 00:00
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}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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