critical
CVE-2016-2108
openssl: Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (high).
Description
The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | openssl, openssl-debuginfo, openssl-devel and 2 more | 1:1.0.1k-14.91.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 12 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 13 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 14 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 7 | openssl | 1.0.1e-2+deb7u21 |
| debian 8 | openssl | 1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 |
| echo | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | openssl, openssl-devel, openssl-perl | 0.9.8e-40.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl, openssl-devel, openssl-fips and 5 more | 1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1 and 1 more |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openssl, openssl-devel, openssl-libs and 2 more | 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 |
| Red Hat | openssl098e | no fix listed |
Show all 46 entries from 28 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | openssl | 1:1.0.1k-14.91.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | openssl-debuginfo | 1:1.0.1k-14.91.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | openssl-devel | 1:1.0.1k-14.91.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | openssl-perl | 1:1.0.1k-14.91.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | openssl-static | 1:1.0.1k-14.91.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 12 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 13 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 14 | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian 7 | openssl | 1.0.1e-2+deb7u21 |
| debian 8 | openssl | 1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 |
| echo | openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | openssl | 0.9.8e-40.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | openssl-devel | 0.9.8e-40.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | openssl-perl | 0.9.8e-40.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl | 1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl-devel | 1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl-fips | 1.0.1t-2.0.1.el6 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl-fips-devel | 1.0.1t-2.0.1.el6 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl-fips-perl | 1.0.1t-2.0.1.el6 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl-fips-static | 1.0.1t-2.0.1.el6 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl-perl | 1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | openssl-static | 1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openssl | 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openssl-devel | 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openssl-libs | 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openssl-perl | 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | openssl-static | 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5 |
| Red Hat | openssl098e | no fix listed |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-openssl | 1.0.2c-1 |
| seal Red Hat 6 | openssl | 1.0.1e-59.el6_10+sp999, 1.0.1e-61.el6_10+sp999 |
| seal Red Hat 6 | seal-openssl | 1.0.1e-59.el6_10+sp999, 1.0.1e-61.el6_10+sp999 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | openssl | 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.36 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | openssl | 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.19 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | openssl | 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.19 |
| ubuntu 15.10 | openssl | 1.0.2d-0ubuntu1.5 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5 |
| ubuntu 17.10 | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5 |
| ubuntu 18.10 | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5 |
| ubuntu 19.04 | openssl | 1.0.2g-1ubuntu5 |
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00010.html
All 66 references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00055.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-openssl-Updates.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0722.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0996.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2073.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX212736
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160504-openssl
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3566
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89752
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035721
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.542103
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2959-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1137
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0193
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0194
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2108
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa123
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3661bb4e7934668bd99ca777ea8b30eedfafa871
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5da52e308a6aeea6d5f3df98c4da295d7e9cc27
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03726en_us
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03756en_us
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03765en_us
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05149345
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05164862
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05386804
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40202
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-2108.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3571.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2108
- https://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txt
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00067&languageid=en-fr
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-16
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160504-0001/
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2959-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2108
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txt
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18