CVE-2016-6306

openssl: certificate message OOB reads

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 21, 2016

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

Multiple out of bounds read flaws were found in the way OpenSSL handled certain TLS/SSL protocol handshake messages. A remote attacker could possibly use these flaws to crash a TLS/SSL server or client using OpenSSL.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read