{"id":"CVE-2016-6306","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6306","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:18:50.556Z","title":"The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted certificate operations, related to s3_clnt.c and s3_srvr.c.","description":"The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted certificate operations, related to s3_clnt.c and s3_srvr.c.","published":"2016-09-26T19:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:50:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["openssl/openssl","hp/icewall federation agent","hp/icewall mcrp","hp/icewall sso","hp/icewall sso agent option","novell/suse linux enterprise module for web scripting","nodejs/node.js","debian/debian linux","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.41683,"percentile":0.98688,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 41.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. 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