VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-0799
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability32.41%
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
The fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g improperly calculates string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by a large amount of ASN.1 data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2842.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer