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CVE-2002-0656

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 89.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.1 (+5)
• OpenSSL: 0.9.1c, 0.9.2b, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.5a (+7)
• Oracle Application Server: 1.0.2, 1.0.2.1s, 1.0.2.2
• Oracle Corporate Time Outlook Connector: 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.3
• Oracle Corporation Oracle HTTP Server: 9.0.1, 9.2.0

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000513
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-23.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9714.php
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9716.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102795
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258555
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-046.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5362
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5363

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