CVE-2016-2177
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 24.0%openssl - security update
Published: 6/20/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
OpenSSL through 1.0.2h incorrectly uses pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, related to s3_srvr.c, ssl_sess.c, and t1_lib.c.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.2h-r1
- Debian/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.2i-1
- Debian/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.1t-1+deb7u1
- Debian/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.1t-1+deb8u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |