CVE-2016-7054 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c. Specifically, TLS connections utilizing CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuites can be crashed by corrupting large payloads. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability, though it is not considered exploitable beyond a DoS. While not present in the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and it has garnered community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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