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CVE-2000-1254

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2016-05-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

crypto/rsa/rsa_gen.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.6 mishandles C bitwise-shift operations that exceed the size of an expression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging improper RSA key generation on 64-bit HP-UX platforms.

Affected Platforms

Openssl Openssl

Weakness Type

CWE-310

References