VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-6307
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability13.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-09-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption