Vulnerability Details CVE-2002-1568
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.009
EPSS Ranking 74.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
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