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CVE-2003-0544

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2003-11-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1 inputs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate that causes OpenSSL to read past the end of a buffer when the long form is used.

Affected Platforms

Openssl Openssl

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References