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CVE-2016-6307
The state-machine implementation in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allocates memory before checking for an excessive length, which might…
Medium5.9EPSS 13.8%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.8% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 1036885 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 93152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4b390b6c3f8df925dc92a3dd6b022baa9a2f4650 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .