CVE-2016-2176
N/A
Published: May 5, 2016 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSL
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 23%
Description
The X509_NAME_oneline function in crypto/x509/x509_obj.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via crafted EBCDIC ASN.1 data.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
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://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160504-openssl
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.542103
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-16
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txt
References (23)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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