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CVE-2002-0656 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflows in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-be)

Buffer overflows in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large client master key in SSL2 or (2) a large session ID in SSL3.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0656
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-08-12
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflows in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large client master key in SSL2 or (2) a large session ID in SSL3.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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