CVE-2009-0590
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
The ASN1_STRING_print_ex function in OpenSSL before 0.9.8k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) via vectors that trigger printing of a (1) BMPString or (2) UniversalString with an invalid encoded length.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0593)
- Published
- March 27, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0593 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- openssl / openssl
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-008.txt.asc(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00014.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124464882609472&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34411(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34460(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34509(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34561(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34666(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34896(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34960(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35181(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35380(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35729(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36533(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42467(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42724(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42733(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:08.openssl.asc(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021905(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=671059&group_id=116847(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258048-1(Broken Link)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-172.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20090326-01.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0057(Broken Link)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0057(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1763(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:087(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/52864(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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