CVE-2016-0799 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2016-0799

The fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssl, client, steel belted radius
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.1, 1.0.1a, 1.0.1b, 1.0.1c, 1.0.1d, 1.0.1e, 1.0.1f, 1.0.1g, 1.0.1h, 1.0.1i, 1.0.1j, 1.0.1k, 1.0.1l, 1.0.1m, 1.0.1n, 1.0.1o, 1.0.1p, 1.0.1q, 1.0.1r, 1.0.2, 1.0.2a, 1.0.2b, 1.0.2c, 1.0.2d, 1.0.2e, 1.0.2f

Timeline

Official Publish: March 3rd, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.