CVE-2016-2177

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 45%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

OpenSSL through 1.0.2h incorrectly uses pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, related to s3_srvr.c, ssl_sess.c, and t1_lib.c.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
66(Track*)
EG Risk 66/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation45% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
45%
EPSS %ILE
99%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 20, 2016

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 27, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-2177(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(8)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenssl (1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.22) @ trusty2026-05-20ubuntu
ubuntuopenssl (1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.4) @ xenial2026-05-20ubuntu
redhatopenssl2017-06-28redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-13.jbcs.el72017-06-28redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-12.jbcs.el62017-01-25redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-12.jbcs.el72017-01-25redhat
redhatpatch2016-12-15redhat
redhatopenssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.72016-09-27redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-2177?
CVE-2016-2177 is a critical vulnerability published on June 20, 2016. OpenSSL through 1.0.2h incorrectly uses pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, related to…
When was CVE-2016-2177 disclosed?
CVE-2016-2177 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 20, 2016, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-2177 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-2177 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 1.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-2177?
CVE-2016-2177 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2016-2177?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-2177, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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