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CVE-2016-0797

40
FAUCET Score

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.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
27.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2702 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl-0:0.9.8e-39.el5_11
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 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 JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3Fixed in: openssl

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0797Low

OpenSSL: BN_hex2bn/BN_dec2bn NULL pointer deref/heap corruption

Mar 1, 2016

References

kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
Third 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/msg00011.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/msg00017.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/2016-06/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
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
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
Vendor 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/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/83763
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/91787
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035133
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2914-1
Third Party Advisory