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…
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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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- openssl/openssl · pulsesecure/client · pulsesecure/steel belted radius
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 32.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178358.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178817.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145983526810210&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146108058503441&w=2
- http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txtVendor Advisory
- 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://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3500
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.