CVE-2017-10790
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.39%libtasn1-6 - security update
Published: 7/2/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Affected packages (5)
- Alpine/libtasn1from 0, < 4.12-r1
- Debian/libtasn1-3from 0, < 2.13-2+deb7u5
- Debian/libtasn1-6from 0, < 4.12-2.1
- Debian/libtasn1-6from 0, < 4.2-3+deb8u4
- Debian/libtasn1-6from 0, < 4.10-1.1+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |