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7.5high

CVE-2016-4579

Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related t…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.3%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
0
none known

Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related to the "returned length of the object from _ksba_ber_parse_tl."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-2982-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/10 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00028.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-22 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/8 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • git.gnupg.org /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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