# CVE-2002-1568

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-1568
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.04
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Oct 8, 2003
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031002.txt)
- [CNA](http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106511018214983)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 1.09%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 77.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._