CVE-2016-7054

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, TLS connections using *-CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuites are susceptible to a DoS attack by corrupting larger payloads. This can result in an OpenSSL crash. This issue is not considered to be exploitable beyond a DoS.

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-284

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 4, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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