CVE-2016-8610

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 40%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
98.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

November 13, 2017

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

References (56)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-8610(5)

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

Patch Availability(12)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenssl (1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.6) @ xenial2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntulibgnutls30 (3.5.3-5ubuntu1.1) @ yakkety2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntulibgnutlsxx27 (2.12.23-12ubuntu2.7) @ trusty2026-05-22ubuntu
redhatopenssl2017-08-21redhat
redhattomcat7-0:7.0.54-25_patch_05.ep6.el72017-08-21redhat
redhattomcat-native-0:1.2.8-10.redhat_10.ep7.el72017-07-25redhat
redhatpatch2017-07-25redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-13.jbcs.el72017-06-28redhat
redhatpatch2017-06-07redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-13.jbcs.el62017-06-07redhat
redhatgnutls-0:2.12.23-21.el62017-03-21redhat
redhatopenssl-1:1.0.1e-60.el7_3.12017-02-20redhat

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.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(9)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 29× 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.

  1. 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-22 21:35 UTCOSV refresh
  12. 2026-06-22 14:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-11 13:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-07 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-05 13:27 UTCOSV refresh
  9. 2026-06-05 06:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-06-04 13:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-06-01 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-05-31 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-05-29 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-05-22 21:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-05-22 08:07 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-05-22 08:07 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-05-22 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  30. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCcujanovic/CVE-2016-8610-PoC
    First seen Dec 27, 2016

    CVE-2016-8610 (SSL Death Alert) PoC

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-8610?
CVE-2016-8610 is a high vulnerability published on November 13, 2017. A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail…
When was CVE-2016-8610 disclosed?
CVE-2016-8610 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 13, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-8610 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-8610 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-8610?
CVE-2016-8610 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2016-8610?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-8610, 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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