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CVE-2016-7053

CMS Null dereference

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, applications parsing invalid CMS structures can crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This is caused by a bug in the handling of the ASN.1 CHOICE type in OpenSSL 1.1.0 which can result in a NULL value being passed to the structure callback if an attempt is made to free certain invalid encodings. Only CHOICE structures using a callback which do not handle NULL value are affected.

En OpenSSL 1.1.0 anterior a 1.1.0c, las aplicaciones que analizan estructuras CMS inválidas pueden dejar de dar servicio por una referencia a puntero nulo. Esto se produce por un fallo en la gestión del tipo ASN.1 CHOICE en OpenSSL 1.1.0, lo que puede derivar en que un valor NULL sea enviado a la devolución de la llamada si se intenta utilizar varias codificaciones inválidas. Sólo están afectadas estructuras CHOICE que utilicen una devolución de llamada que no gestione valores NULL.

*Credits: Tyler Nighswander (ForAllSecure)
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-08-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-11-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2024-10-14 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Openssl
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Openssl
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1.1.0
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.1.0a
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.1.0b
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Affected