CVE-2016-7052
crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by triggering a CRL operation.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by triggering a CRL operation.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 29.46% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- novell/suse linux enterprise module for web scripting · openssl/openssl · nodejs/node.js
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 29.5% since 27 October 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=JSA10759Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93171Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132Third Party Advisory
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e629b5be45face20b4ca71c4fcbfed78b864a2e
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10171Third Party Advisory
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:27.openssl.ascThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-16Third Party Advisory
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03856en_usThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160926.txtVendor Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20Third Party Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93171Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.