Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-0789

OpenSSL before 0.9.8k on WIN64 and certain other platforms does not properly handle a malformed ASN.1 structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) by placing this structure in the public key of a certificate, as demonstrated by an RSA public key.
Published 2009-03-27 16:30:02
Updated 2017-08-17 01:30:01
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2009-0789

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0789

EPSS FAQ
11.67%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 95 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-0789

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-0789

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-0789

  • Red Hat 2009-03-30
    Not vulnerable. This issue only affects a small number of operating systems and does not affect the openssl packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 or 5.

References for CVE-2009-0789

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