High 7.8Published Sep 28, 2006

CVE-2006-2937OpenSSL 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 improper…

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openssl openssl openssl:openssl	0.9.7; 0.9.7a; 0.9.7b; 0.9.7c; 0.9.7d; 0.9.7e; 0.9.7f; 0.9.7g; and 8 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01118771
http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-613
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00805100
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00849540
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-11.txt	patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-September/049715.html	patch
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116253119512445&w=2
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