Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenSSL ASN1 Library
CVE-2002-0659

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Oracle

Vendor
CVE Published:
12 August 2002

What is CVE-2002-0659?

The ASN1 library within the OpenSSL cryptographic software allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through the submission of invalid encodings. This vulnerability is present in OpenSSL version 0.9.6d and earlier, as well as 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier versions, potentially leading to significant disruption in service availability.

References

EPSS Score

12% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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