Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-0799
CVE-2016-0799
Description
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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