CVE DATABASE / CVE-2003-0545
CVE-2003-0545
CVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Openssl openssl
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22249
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2590
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.