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CVE-2016-6304

Published: Sep 26, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-401
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
63.0%
Top 0.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Multiple memory leaks in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u, 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i, and 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large OCSP Status Request extensions.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected Products

Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
E-Business SuiteOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / erp
Communications EAGLE LNP Application ProcessorOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Enterprise Session Border ControllerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
MySQLOn-premDatabase
Databases / relational
VM VirtualBoxOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
Communications Unified Session ManagerOn-premWeb App
Communications / messaging-chat
SPARC Enterprise M3000Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
SPARC Enterprise M4000Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
OpenSSL Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka openssl.org, openssl foundation
OpenSSLLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Node.js Foundation
oss-project·USaka nodejs foundation, node foundation
Node.jsLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web ScriptingOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openssl
oss-project·USaka open ssl
opensslLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
nodejs
oss-project·USaka node, node.js
node.jsLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
and 11 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt
openssl.org
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
tenable.com
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
splunk.com
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