Resource exhaustion in Fujitsu M10-1

CVE-2016-8610

A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.714 (98.7th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8610?
CVE-2016-8610 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fujitsu M10-1, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-8610?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-8610 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.