CVE-2016-2106

Publication date 3 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Integer overflow in the EVP_EncryptUpdate function in crypto/evp/evp_enc.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a large amount of data.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openssl	19.04 disco	Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5
	17.10 artful	Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 1.0.2d-0ubuntu1.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.19
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.36
openssl098	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2959-1
OpenSSL vulnerabilities
3 May 2016