CVE-2016-2176

HighCVSS 8.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.2/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

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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