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CVE-2016-2842

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 53.7% (pctl 99)

Patch early

EPSS 53.7% — above the 10% action threshold.

Description

The doapr_outch function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by a large amount of ASN.1 data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0799.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS53.66% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2016-03-03
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
opensslopenssl

References

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