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    "id": "CVE-2016-2842",
    "published": "2016-03-03 20:59:04",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:44:34",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.53655",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98965",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 53.7% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "openssl",
            "product": "openssl"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145983526810210&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146108058503441&w=2",
        "http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0722.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0996.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2073.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84169",
        "https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=578b956fe741bf8e84055547b1e83c28dd902c73",
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