CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6305

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-09-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-09-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The ssl3_read_bytes function in record/rec_layer_s3.c in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering a zero-length record in an SSL_peek call.

Affected configurations

• openssl openssl 1.1.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References