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CVE-2006-2937

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory…

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By redhat

  2. · 4 months later

    Published

  3. · 18 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2006-2937, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0High7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
11.0% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Affected products

  • n/a

    • affected n/a

References

134

Sources

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