Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an older OpenSSL bug that can let a remote attacker read some process stack memory or crash a process when crafted EBCDIC ASN.1 data is handled. Business risk is mainly legacy exposure: systems still running affected OpenSSL branches or vendor packages may be vulnerable. Exposure is likely limited to legacy systems, appliances, or applications using affected OpenSSL versions or downstream vendor builds. Exact product exposure requires checking vendor advisories and installed package versions. Handle through legacy-risk remediation. It is not KEV-listed, but OpenSSL is widely embedded and affected systems can expose confidentiality or availability risk if left unpatched. Mitigation focus: Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1t, 1.0.2h, or later supported vendor packages.; Check downstream vendor advisories for product-specific fixed releases.; Prioritize internet-facing services that process untrusted ASN.1 or certificate data..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CVE-2016-2176 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03765en_usCVE reference
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2919516136a4227d9e6d8f2fe66ef976aaf8c561CVE reference
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10160CVE reference
- GLSA-201612-16CVE reference · vendor-advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03756en_usCVE reference
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18CVE reference
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40202CVE reference
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160504-0001/CVE reference
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txtCVE reference
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903CVE reference
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa123CVE reference
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdfCVE reference
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.