CVE-2002-0657 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0657?

CVE-2002-0657 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 31 Jul 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7-beta3, with Kerberos enabled, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long master key.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0657?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0657?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2002-0657 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0657 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0657, GHSA-p3wx-7ggv-j5vx.