CVE-2016-0798

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 24.41%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-03-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2016-0798

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

24.41%

OpenSSL

Original Filing — NVD Description

Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation 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 consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.