CVE-2009-0789

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 27, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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