The asn1_get_bit_der function in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 does not properly report an error when a negative bit length is identified, which…

Description

The asn1_get_bit_der function in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 does not properly report an error when a negative bit length is identified, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause out-of-bounds access via crafted ASN.1 data.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.8% · top 10.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-131 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-131 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (25)

• 60320 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-3056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtasn1.git/commit/?id=1c3ccb3e040bf13e342ee60bc23b21b97b11923f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015302 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59057 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/400/sol15423.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:116 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 59021 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 61888 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0247.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0815 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0596 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [help-libtasn1] 20140525 GNU Libtasn1 3.6 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015303 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0594.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102323 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 58591 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0687 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 58614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 60415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59408 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 10:43 UTC.