CVE-2016-2180: OpenSSL

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The TS_OBJ_print_bio function in crypto/ts/ts_lib.c in the X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP) implementation in OpenSSL through 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted time-stamp file that is mishandled by the "openssl ts" command.

Affected products

• OpenSSL OpenSSL: version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.1a only; version 1.0.1b only; version 1.0.1c only; version 1.0.1d only; version 1.0.1e only; …
• Oracle Linux: version 6 only; version 7 only

Published 2016-08-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.