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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-0799

The fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g improperly calculates string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 32.4%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g improperly calculates string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow and out-of-bounds read) 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-2016-2842.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
32.41% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
openssl/openssl · pulsesecure/client · pulsesecure/steel belted radius
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.