OpenSSL Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability - CVE-2016-0799 - Vulnerability Database

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OpenSSL Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability - CVE-2016-0799

Critical

Reference: CVE-2016-0799

NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0799

Title: OpenSSL Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability

Overview:

The fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g improperly calculates string lengths which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string as demonstrated by a large amount of ASN.1 data a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2842.