CVE-2016-6308
openssl: excessive allocation of memory in dtls1_preprocess_fragment()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · September 21, 2016
Updated · August 5, 2026
Description
statem/statem_dtls.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allocates memory before checking for an excessive length, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted DTLS messages.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption