Vulnerabilities > Openssl > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2005-09-16 CVE-2005-2946 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in multiple products
The default configuration on OpenSSL before 0.9.8 uses MD5 for creating message digests instead of a more cryptographically strong algorithm, which makes it easier for remote attackers to forge certificates with a valid certificate authority signature.
network
low complexity
openssl canonical CWE-327
7.5
2004-11-23 CVE-2004-0079 NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
The do_change_cipher_spec function in OpenSSL 0.9.6c to 0.9.6k, and 0.9.7a to 0.9.7c, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SSL/TLS handshake that triggers a null dereference.
7.5