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CVE-2016-0799

critical · 9.8

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.

9.8
CVSS
32.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2016-03-03
Published

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
opensslopenssl1.0.1
opensslopenssl1.0.1
opensslopenssl1.0.1
opensslopenssl1.0.1
opensslopenssl1.0.1a
opensslopenssl1.0.1b
opensslopenssl1.0.1c
opensslopenssl1.0.1d
opensslopenssl1.0.1e
opensslopenssl1.0.1f
opensslopenssl1.0.1g
opensslopenssl1.0.1h
opensslopenssl1.0.1i
opensslopenssl1.0.1j
opensslopenssl1.0.1k
opensslopenssl1.0.1l
opensslopenssl1.0.1m
opensslopenssl1.0.1n
opensslopenssl1.0.1o
opensslopenssl1.0.1p
opensslopenssl1.0.1q
opensslopenssl1.0.1r
opensslopenssl1.0.2
opensslopenssl1.0.2
opensslopenssl1.0.2
opensslopenssl1.0.2
opensslopenssl1.0.2a
opensslopenssl1.0.2b
opensslopenssl1.0.2c
opensslopenssl1.0.2d
opensslopenssl1.0.2e
opensslopenssl1.0.2f
pulsesecureclientall versions
pulsesecureclientall versions
pulsesecuresteel_belted_radiusall versions

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References

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