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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2016-6303

High
9.8/10

Summary

Integer overflow in the MDC2_Update function in crypto/mdc2/mdc2dgst.c in OpenSSL allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. This issue is fixed in versions 1.0.1u, 1.0.2i and 1.1.0.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

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