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CVE-2003-0544: openssl

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544
Published 01-10-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0544 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 6.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-393DSA-394

Timeline

  1. 01-10-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.92% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
6.92%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • openssl< 0.9.7c
Openssl1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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