Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2003· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0545
CVE-2003-0545
Description
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL client certificate with a certain invalid ASN.1 encoding.
Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.htmlnvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htmnvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22249nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdBroken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2590nvdBroken Link
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