Buffer overflow in OpenSSL - CVE-2016-0799

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Buffer overflow in OpenSSL - CVE-2016-0799

Published: October 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82376
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0799
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL improperly calculates string lengths. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-0799

Install updates from vendor's website.

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