CVE-2016-0798

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

24%p98

Published

Mar 3, 2016 (Mar 3, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.

Vendors: openssl
Products: openssl
Weakness: CWE-399
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (24.4%)

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