CVE-2016-2105
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 5, 2016 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
15 products affected across 8 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 40%
Description
Integer overflow in the EVP_EncodeUpdate function in crypto/evp/encode.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a large amount of binary data.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Affected range stops below 0.10.45, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.12.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%95%
5.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.6.305.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.7.12
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.html
References (61)
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00008.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00010.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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