OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory…

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

11.0% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (134)

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• http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-6.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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• 22193 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
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• 200585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• SSA:2006-272-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
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• [bind-announce] 20061103 Internet Systems Consortium Security Advisory. [revised] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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• TA06-333A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
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• http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/41AK-2006-08-FR-1.1_SSL360_OPENSSL_ASN1.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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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)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:06 UTC.