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CVE-2016-0799
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-03-03T20:59:03.797 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:38:15.337

Summary

The fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g improperly calculates string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow and out-of-bounds read) 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-2016-2842.

Affected products

openssl — openssl

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References

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