High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 4, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-7054

Description

In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, TLS connections using *-CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuites are susceptible to a DoS attack by corrupting larger payloads. This can result in an OpenSSL crash. This issue is not considered to be exploitable beyond a DoS.

Affected products

OpenSSL Project/OpenSSLv5
Range: openssl-1.1.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20161110.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94238nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037261nvd
h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40899/nvd

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