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CVE-2016-0758
Integer overflow in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted ASN.1 data.
High7.8EPSS 0.40%
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- redhat
Description
Integer overflow in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted ASN.1 data.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (33)
- USN-2979-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1690 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23c8a812dc3c621009e4f0e5342aa4e2ede1ceaa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/23c8a812dc3c621009e4f0e5342aa4e2ede1ceaa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1994 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1961 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1985 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160513 CVE-2016-0758 - Linux kernel - Flaw in ASN.1 DER decoder for x509 certificate DER files. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300257 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 90626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2000 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1995 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- HPSBHF3548 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1937 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)
Record last updated .