Is CVE-2016-2180 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-2180 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-2180?

CVE-2016-2180 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-2180?

CVE-2016-2180 has an EPSS score of 28.53% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2180?

Upgrade openssl on debian 11 to 1.0.2i-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-2180

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

opensslDebian

Fixed in:1.0.2i-1CVE-2016-2180

libssl1.0.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.20USN-3087-1

Fixed in:1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.4USN-3087-1

opensslUbuntu

Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.20USN-3087-1

Fixed in:1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.4USN-3087-1

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

28.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.