CVE-2016-0705

OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 18, 2016

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

A double-free flaw was found in the way OpenSSL parsed certain malformed DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) private keys. An attacker could create specially crafted DSA private keys that, when processed by an application compiled against OpenSSL, could cause the application to crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified