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CVE-2016-0798
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…
High7.5EPSS 24.4%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.4% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (25)
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=259b664f950c2ba66fbf4b0fe5281327904ead21 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0638 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-16:12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0621 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- USN-2914-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20160302 Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: March 2016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 83705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- DSA-3500 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 91787 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0617 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-201603-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0628 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 1035133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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