CVE-2016-0797 is an integer overflow 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. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service through heap memory corruption or NULL pointer dereference. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.