CRITICALCVSS 9.8

CVE-2016-2108

CVE-2016-2108 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-09-20
Sources: nvd

Summary

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

Ecosystem	Package	Affected versions	Fixed versions
OpenSSL	openssl	[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]	—

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2108

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