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CVE-2016-0799

CRITICAL

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.

Published: Mar 3, 2016 Modified: May 6, 2026
CWE-119

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 (35)

Vendor Product Version
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
openssl openssl 1.0.1o
openssl openssl 1.0.1p

…and 15 more

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-x493-jjcm-ffg2

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...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 43.54%

Top 2% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 52.3 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub