CVE-2016-2109

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The asn1_d2i_read_bio function in crypto/asn1/a_d2i_fp.c in the ASN.1 BIO implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a short invalid encoding.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 5, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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