Vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js
CVE-2016-0797
Multiple integer overflows in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption or NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long digit string that is mishandled by the (1) BN_dec2bn or (2) BN_hex2bn function, related to crypto/bn/bn.h and crypto/bn/bn_print.c.
EPSS: 0.270 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Nodejs Node.js
- Openssl — versions 1.0.1, 1.0.1a, 1.0.1b
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-0797?
- CVE-2016-0797 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-03-03.
- How severe is CVE-2016-0797?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-0797 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.