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high 7.5

CVE-2016-7052 in the critical feed json

crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application cra…

published 2016-09-26 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7932

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.5%
EPSS 29.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by triggering a CRL operation.

Patch / fix

  • nodejs node.js 4.6.0, 6.7.0
  • openssl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.2j-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7052

  • nodejs4 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 4.6.0-8.1
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.21-29.6.1
  • firefox-cairo SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.15.10-2.13.4
  • firefox-glib2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.54.3-2.14.7
  • firefox-pango SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.40.14-2.7.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2016:2470-1SUSE-SU-2016:2470-2

  • openssl-1_1 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.1.1l-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1

  • openssl Alpine 3.4, Alpine 3.3, Alpine 3.2 1.0.2j-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-7052

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openssl Arch Linux 1.0.2.j-1
  • lib32-openssl Arch Linux 1:1.0.2.j-1

arch linux advisories AVG-33AVG-34

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7052 updated cvss 7.5

openssl: Missing CRL sanity check

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 openssl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl, openssl097a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl, openssl098e, openssl-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openssl, openssl098e, openssl-libs, openssl-perl Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 openssl Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 openssl
    +3 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 openssl Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 openssl Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3 openssl
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

29.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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