7.8

CVE-2016-0798: openssl Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-0798DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0798
Published 03-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0798 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 24.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
24.96%
0%100%
High · +0.55 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
DSA-3500-1MGASA-2016-0093OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1SUSE-SU-2016:0617-1SUSE-SU-2016:0620-1SUSE-SU-2016:0621-1

Timeline

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

Description

Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation 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 consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

24.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.55 pp

From 24.41% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
24.96%

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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • openssl< 1.0.2g-1
Openssl1 product
  • opensslEOL1.0.2e | 1.0.2f | 1.0.1 | 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
Ubuntu1 product
  • openssl< 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18 | < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu2

3 vendors · 3 products

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