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CVE-2016-6305

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 16.00% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-09-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-6305
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
16.00%
OpenSSL

Original NVD Description

The ssl3_read_bytes function in record/rec_layer_s3.c in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering a zero-length record in an SSL_peek call.