CVE-2015-3622
The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted certificate.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted certificate.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 32.89% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · fedoraproject/fedora · gnu/libtasn1
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 32.9% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158225.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131711/libtasn1-Heap-Overflow.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/109Exploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3256
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:232
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74419
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032246
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2604-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1860
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2015-04/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-04
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158225.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131711/libtasn1-Heap-Overflow.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/109Exploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3256
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:232
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74419
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032246
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2604-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1860
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2015-04/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.