{"cve":"CVE-2003-0078","nvd":{"published":"2003-03-03T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:01:28.497","status":"Modified","description":"ssl3_get_record in s3_pkt.c for OpenSSL before 0.9.7a and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6i does not perform a MAC computation if an incorrect block cipher padding is used, which causes an information leak (timing discrepancy) that may make it easier to launch cryptographic attacks that rely on distinguishing between padding and MAC verification errors, possibly leading to extraction of the original plaintext, aka the \"Vaudenay timing attack.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-203"],"references":["ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-001.txt.asc","ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030501-01-I","http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000570","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104567627211904&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104568426824439&w=2"],"products":["freebsd:freebsd","openbsd:openbsd","openssl:openssl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:35:54.859949650+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2003-0078","score":0.13718,"percentile":0.96503,"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."]}