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CVE-2016-6307

medium · 5.9

The state-machine implementation in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allocates memory before checking for an excessive length, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted TLS messages, related to statem/statem.c and statem/statem_lib.c.

5.9
CVSS
13.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2016-09-26
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
opensslopenssl1.1.0

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References

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