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CVE-2016-0705: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-0705DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0705
Published 03-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0705 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 26.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
26.33%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 10

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA private key.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

26.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 26.33% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
26.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Google1 product
  • androidEOL4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.3 | 4.3.1 | 4.4 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.1 | 5.1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0.1
Openssl1 product
  • opensslEOL1.0.1 | 1.0.1:beta1 | 1.0.1:beta2 | 1.0.1:beta3 | 1.0.1a | 1.0.1b | 1.0.1c | 1.0.1d | 1.0.1e | 1.0.1f | 1.0.1g | 1.0.1h | 1.0.1i | 1.0.1j | 1.0.1k | 1.0.1l | 1.0.1m | 1.0.1n | 1.0.1o | 1.0.1p | 1.0.1q | 1.0.1r | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2:beta1 | 1.0.2:beta2 | 1.0.2:beta3 | 1.0.2a | 1.0.2b | 1.0.2c | 1.0.2d | 1.0.2e | 1.0.2f
Oracle1 product
  • mysql≥ 5.6.0, ≤ 5.6.29 | ≥ 5.7.0, ≤ 5.7.11
Ubuntu1 product
  • openssl< 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18 | < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu2

6 vendors · 7 products

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