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CVE-2002-0659
The ASN1 library in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via…
Medium5.0EPSS 36.2%
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Description
The ASN1 library in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via invalid encodings.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 36.2% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- RHSA-2002:164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#748355 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- CA-2002-23 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:160 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openssl-asn1-parser-dos(9718) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- CLA-2002:516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 5366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .