CVE-2003-0543 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in OpenSSL versions 0.9.6 and 0.9.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted SSL client certificate containing malformed ASN.1 tag values, leading to a crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a brute-forcer for parsing bugs related to this vulnerability exists on ExploitDB, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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