CVE-2016-0800
SSL/TLS: Cross-protocol attack on TLS using SSLv2 (DROWN)
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · March 1, 2016
Updated · August 5, 2026
Description
A padding oracle flaw was found in the Secure Sockets Layer version 2.0 (SSLv2) protocol. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to decrypt RSA-encrypted cipher text from a connection using a newer SSL/TLS protocol version, allowing them to decrypt such connections. This cross-protocol attack is publicly referred to as DROWN.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE not specified