CVE-2016-7054
ChaCha20/Poly1305 heap-buffer-overflow
N/A
Published: May 4, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSL
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 32%
Description
In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, TLS connections using *-CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuites are susceptible to a DoS attack by corrupting larger payloads. This can result in an OpenSSL crash. This issue is not considered to be exploitable beyond a DoS.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94238x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20161110.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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