CVE-2016-6303

critical
Published 2016-09-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Integer overflow in the MDC2_Update function in crypto/mdc2/mdc2dgst.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6303

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6303.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370146

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-23

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-24

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed1:1.0.2.i-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.2i-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.0.2i-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.2i-1
debian debiansidfixed1.0.2i-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.2i-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nodejs nodejsnode.js{"endExcluding":"0.12.16"}0.12.16
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1a
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1b
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1c
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1d
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1e
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1f
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1g
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1h
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1i
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1j
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1k
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1l
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1m
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1n
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1o
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1p
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1q
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1r
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1s
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.1t
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2a
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2b
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2c
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2d
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2e
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2f
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2g
openssl opensslopenssl1.0.2h

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.