CVE-2016-2176

openssl: EBCDIC overread in X509_NAME_oneline()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 3, 2016

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

The X509_NAME_oneline function in crypto/x509/x509_obj.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via crafted EBCDIC ASN.1 data.

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:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read