CVE-2000-1254
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.68%
Description
crypto/rsa/rsa_gen.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.6 mishandles C bitwise-shift operations that exceed the size of an expression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging improper RSA key generation on 64-bit HP-UX platforms.
How to fix CVE-2000-1254
To remediate CVE-2000-1254, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openssl—upgrade to 0.9.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2000-1254 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.9.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |