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CVE-2016-0705

CRITICAL

Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA private key.

Published: Mar 3, 2016 Modified: May 6, 2026

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

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

Affected Products (61)

Vendor Product Version
oracle mysql * ≥ 5.6.0
oracle mysql * ≥ 5.7.0
openssl openssl 1.0.1
openssl openssl 1.0.1
openssl openssl 1.0.1
openssl openssl 1.0.1
openssl openssl 1.0.1a
openssl openssl 1.0.1b
openssl openssl 1.0.1c
openssl openssl 1.0.1d
openssl openssl 1.0.1e
openssl openssl 1.0.1f
openssl openssl 1.0.1g
openssl openssl 1.0.1h
openssl openssl 1.0.1i
openssl openssl 1.0.1j
openssl openssl 1.0.1k
openssl openssl 1.0.1l
openssl openssl 1.0.1m
openssl openssl 1.0.1n

…and 41 more

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-jq9m-v5x9-ppg9

Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1...

References (114)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 21.83%

Top 4% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 45.8 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub