THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2105
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2105

Enterprise Linux Desktop vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
39.6%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in the EVP_EncodeUpdate function in crypto/evp/encode.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a large amount of binary data.
Affected vendor
Redhat
Affected product
Enterprise Linux Desktop
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2016-05-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 39.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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