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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-5080

Integer overflow in the rtxMemHeapAlloc function in asn1rt_a.lib in Objective Systems ASN1C for C/C++ before 7.0.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow), on a system…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.1%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Integer overflow in the rtxMemHeapAlloc function in asn1rt_a.lib in Objective Systems ASN1C for C/C++ before 7.0.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow), on a system running an application compiled by ASN1C, via crafted ASN.1 data.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
10.06% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
objective systems/asn1c
Source
cret@cert.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.