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CVE-2003-0545

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 85.45%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2003-11-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects OpenSSL. Its EPSS score suggests a 85.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2003-0545
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
85.45%
OpenSSL

Original NVD 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.