CVE-2016-2109 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenSSL versions prior to 1.0.1t and 1.0.2h, specifically within the ASN.1 BIO implementation, affecting products like OpenSSL and Red Hat. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows remote attackers to cause memory exhaustion by sending a short, invalid encoding, requiring no user interaction or authentication. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.1sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.