CVE-2016-2105 Integer overflow in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

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.

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-2105, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2105, GHSA-rh28-x46h-8pcg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2105.

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