{"cve":"CVE-2002-1568","nvd":{"published":"2003-11-17T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:59:34.167","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106511018214983","http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031002.txt","http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106511018214983"],"products":["openssl:openssl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:35:54.859949650+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2002-1568","score":0.02803,"percentile":0.86482,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}