Uncontrolled resource consumption in OpenSSL

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.40, the 98th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 13 Nov 2017. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• CVE List: CVE-2016-8610
• NVD: CVE-2016-8610

References from the CNA

• www.securityfocus.com/bid/93841 vdb-entrybid
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1659.html vendor-advisoryredhat
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1658 vendor-advisoryredhat
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801 vendor-advisoryredhat
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0286.html vendor-advisoryredhat
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413 vendor-advisoryredhat
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2494 vendor-advisoryredhat
• security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.asc vendor-advisoryfreebsd
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414 vendor-advisoryredhat
• seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/224 mailing-listmlist
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html vendor-advisoryredhat
• www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773 vendor-advisorydebian
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html vendor-advisoryredhat
• www.securitytracker.com/id/1037084 vdb-entrysectrack
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802 vendor-advisoryredhat
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2493 vendor-advisoryredhat
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0001/ confirm
• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8610 confirm
• git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401 confirm
• security.360.cn/cve/CVE-2016-8610/
• support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03897en_us confirm
• security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-8610 confirm
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

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