CVE-2016-6308: OpenSSL

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 14.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

statem/statem_dtls.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allocates memory before checking for an excessive length, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted DTLS messages.

Affected products

• OpenSSL OpenSSL: version 1.1.0 only

Published 2016-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.