CVE-2017-10790
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.049 · 92 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (10)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-3116libtasn1: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2017-07-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libtasn1 ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (24)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3547-1/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.1826/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2222/cnnvd
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