CVE-2016-7056

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-7056 · Published 10/09/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-7056 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting openssl (openssl).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.62%, higher than 49.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openssl openssl	`≤ 1.0.1u`	No fix yet

A timing attack flaw was found in OpenSSL 1.0.1u and before that could allow a malicious user with local access to recover ECDSA P-256 private keys.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

≤ 1.0.1u

No fix yet

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