High severity · published Jul 2, 2017
CVE-2017-10790
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…
7.5
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libtasn1 · Gnu
through 4.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10790
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10790
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00026.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3547-1/
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