CVE-2016-2105 Integer overflow in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via heap memory corruption in OpenSSL's encoding function by sending large binary data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-2105?
CVE-2016-2105 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 5 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2105?
It affects 15 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Nodejs Node.js, Openssl Openssl, Opensuse Leap and 9 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2105?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-2105 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2105 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-2105, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2105, GHSA-rh28-x46h-8pcg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2105.