CVE-2016-6307 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a, where crafted TLS messages can lead to excessive memory allocation. This medium-severity flaw has a CVSS score of 5.9, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability and high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, including reports of a patch introducing a critical flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.