CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6886
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-13
- 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-320
Description
The pstm_reverse function in MatrixSSL before 3.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via a (1) zero value or (2) the key's modulus for the secret key during RSA key exchange.
Affected configurations
• matrixssl matrixssl (<= 3.8.3)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.matrixssl.org/blog/releases/matrixssl_3_8_4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92604 www.securityfocus.com
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/51-Fun-with-Bignums-Crashing-MatrixSSL-and-more.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.matrixssl.org/blog/releases/matrixssl_3_8_4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92604 www.securityfocus.com
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/51-Fun-with-Bignums-Crashing-MatrixSSL-and-more.html Third Party Advisory