VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2000-1254
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-05-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.