Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2002-1568
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.73%
OpenSSL
Original Filing — NVD Description
OpenSSL 0.9.6e uses assertions when detecting buffer overflow attacks instead of less severe mechanisms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain messages that cause OpenSSL to abort from a failed assertion, as demonstrated using SSLv2 CLIENT_MASTER_KEY messages, which are not properly handled in s2_srvr.c.