CVE-2017-10790
HIGHGNU Libtasn1 < 4.12 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in _asn1_check_identifier
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3547-1/
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00026.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
60.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/libtasn1
< 4.12
Published
Jul 02, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026