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CVE-2016-7053

CMS Null dereference

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Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated
  3. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • OpenSSL OpenSSL

    openssl-1.1.0, openssl-1.1.0a, openssl-1.1.0b

References 4

h20566.www2.hpe.com

securityfocus.com

openssl.org

securitytracker.com