What is CVE-2016-6884?

CVE-2016-6884 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Matrixssl, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-6884?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Matrixssl

CVE-2016-6884

TLS cipher suites with CBC mode in TLS 1.1 and 1.2 in MatrixSSL before 3.8.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted message.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (68.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Matrixssl
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6884?: CVE-2016-6884 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Matrixssl, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-6884?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.