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Case File

CVE-2016-6891

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.88% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-6891
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.88%

Original NVD Description

MatrixSSL before 3.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted ASN.1 Bit Field primitive in an X.509 certificate.