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CVE-2016-0702

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0702, known as "CacheBleed," is a side-channel vulnerability in OpenSSL versions 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and Node.js. It allows a local attacker to potentially discover RSA private keys by exploiting cache-bank access times during modular exponentiation on Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs. With a CVSS score of 5.1 (Medium), this attack requires high attack complexity and local access, but could lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, though it has received some media coverage and community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.4
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.2-20160302.1.el6ev
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.2-20160302.1.el7ev
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Text-Only JBCS
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3Fixed in: openssl
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.7Fixed in: guest-images
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.2Fixed in: rhel-guest-image
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssl098e
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssl098e
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl097a
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0702Low

OpenSSL: Side channel attack on modular exponentiation

Mar 1, 2016

References

cachebleed.info
Broken Link
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178358.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178817.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00018.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00029.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00055.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00019.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openssl.org / news/secadv/20160301.txt
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
git.openssl.org
h20566.www2.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
Third Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
Third Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
Third Party Advisory
kb.pulsesecure.net / articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168
Third Party Advisory
security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-15
Third Party Advisory
openssl.org / news/secadv/20160301.txt
Third Party Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3500
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035133
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2914-1
Third Party Advisory