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CVE-2016-2842

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 53.65%

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

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CVE
CVE-2016-2842
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
53.65%
OpenSSL

Original Filing — NVD Description

The doapr_outch function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or memory consumption) 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-2016-0799.