CVE-2016-2108
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 77.9% (pctl 100)
Patch early
EPSS 77.9% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 77.91% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-05-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| android | |
| openssl | openssl |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux hpc node |
| redhat | enterprise linux hpc node eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00055.html
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