CVE-2003-0545

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: November 17, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22249

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Vendor Advisory

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2590

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22249