CVE-2016-2182
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 28.9%Published: 9/16/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The BN_bn2dec function in crypto/bn/bn_print.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not properly validate division results, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.2h-r3
- Debian/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.2i-1
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 |