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TI-2003-00513 Aliases CVE-2003-0545GHSA-mmjc-3g2p-897m

Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority HIGH 84CWE-415Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-415 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.87499 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.6VulnerableOpenSSL
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.7VulnerableOpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.6 Vulnerable ·OpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.7 Vulnerable ·OpenSSL

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Linux 9Fixed RHSA-2003:292

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0545
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mmjc-3g2p-897m

References

Patch 2

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2022-01915 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-02645 SM2 Decryption Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-03392 The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-01176 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-14107 Stack buffer overflow in CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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