ALPINE-CVE-2016-2105 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2016-2105 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Integer overflow in the EVP_EncodeUpdate function in crypto/evp/encode.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a large amount of binary data.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.5	openssl	0.9.8n-r0, 0.9.8m-r0, 0.9.8l-r1
Alpine:v3.8	openssl	1.0.2c-r0, 1.0.2g-r3, 1.0.2g-r2
Alpine:v3.2	openssl	0, 0.9.8i-r0, 0.9.8j-r0
Alpine:v3.7	openssl	0.9.8k-r4, 0.9.8k-r3, 0.9.8k-r2
Alpine:v3.4	openssl	1.0.2g-r3, 1.0.2g-r2, 1.0.2g-r1
Alpine:v3.6	openssl	0.9.8n-r0, 0.9.8m-r0, 0.9.8l-r1
Alpine:v3.3	openssl	1.0.2-r0, 1.0.2e-r0, 1.0.2d-r0

Timeline

May 5, 2016 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-2105 advisory

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