security flaw
Published Oct 8, 2003
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.80%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.80% (0.02803) | 85.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02733) | 84.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 75.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02277) | 74.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.17% (0.01167) | 77.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.00% (0.00998) | 84.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 84.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 82.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106511018214983 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031002.txt x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1568 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616924 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1568
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1568
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106511018214983 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031002.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1568 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616924 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1568 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1568 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.