vulnerability
OpenSSL Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder (CVE-2016-2108)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 4, 2016 | May 4, 2016 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 4, 2016
Added
May 4, 2016
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue.
Solutions
http-openssl-1_0_1-upgrade-1_0_1_ohttp-openssl-1_0_2-upgrade-1_0_2_c
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