VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-0705

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability26.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-03-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA private key.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references