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Vulnerability details: VCID-vcz8-amaa-hycq
Vulnerability ID VCID-vcz8-amaa-hycq
Aliases CVE-2005-2946
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
System Score Found at
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
epss 0.0019 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2946
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2946
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2005-2946.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2946
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13593
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2946
http://www.cits.rub.de/MD5Collisions/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-179-1
314465 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=314465
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2005-2946 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2946
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2946
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2946
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40794
EPSS Score 0.0019
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:01:14.057114+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2005-2946.json 38.0.0