Out-of-bounds read in OpenSSL - CVE-2016-2180
Published: August 13, 2016 / Updated: March 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU308
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2180
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the TS_OBJ_print_bio() function in crypto/ts/ts_lib.c in the X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP) implementation in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via a crafted time-stamp file that is mishandled by the "openssl ts" command.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2180
Install update from vendor's website.