CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects OpenSSL. Its EPSS score suggests a 26.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2016-0705
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
26.33%
OpenSSL
Original NVD 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.