CVE-2001-1141 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in SSLeay and Open)
The Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in SSLeay and OpenSSL before 0.9.6b allows attackers to use the output of small PRNG requests to determine the internal state information, which could be used by attackers to predict future pseudo-random numbers.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-1141 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-07-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in SSLeay and OpenSSL before 0.9.6b allows attackers to use the output of small PRNG requests to determine the internal state information, which could be used by attackers to predict future pseudo-random numbers. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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