High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 4, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-7053
CVE-2016-7053
Description
In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, applications parsing invalid CMS structures can crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This is caused by a bug in the handling of the ASN.1 CHOICE type in OpenSSL 1.1.0 which can result in a NULL value being passed to the structure callback if an attempt is made to free certain invalid encodings. Only CHOICE structures using a callback which do not handle NULL value are affected.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.1.0c
- (no CPE)range: openssl-1.1.0
Patches
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94244nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20161110.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037261nvd
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
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