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CVE-2016-7054 ChaCha20/Poly1305 heap-buffer-overflow

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 32.4% PoC
Published
Updated
Exploit status
Proof-of-concept only

Description

In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, TLS connections using *-CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuites are susceptible to a DoS attack by corrupting larger payloads. This can result in an OpenSSL crash. This issue is not considered to be exploitable beyond a DoS.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/openssl(Debian:12) < 1.1.0c-1 1.1.0c-1
debian/openssl(Debian:13) < 1.1.0c-1 1.1.0c-1
debian/openssl(Debian:14) < 1.1.0c-1 1.1.0c-1
OpenSSL = 1.1.0 No fix listed
OpenSSL = 1.1.0a No fix listed
OpenSSL = 1.1.0b No fix listed
OpenSSL = openssl-1.1.0 No fix listed
OpenSSL = openssl-1.1.0a No fix listed
OpenSSL = openssl-1.1.0b No fix listed

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