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CVE-2003-0544 json

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…

published 2003-10-01 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0538

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.9%
EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • openssl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.7c

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2003-0544 updated

CAN-2003-0543/0544 OpenSSL ASN.1 protocol crashes

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:293
  • Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:291
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:292
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:293
  • Red Hat Stronghold 4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:290

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Exploit prediction

6.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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