CVE-2017-10790

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Libtasn1
Timeline
PublishedJul 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianlibtasn1-6< 4.12-2.1+3
▶Ubuntulibtasn1-6< 3.4-3ubuntu0.6+1
▶NVDgnu/libtasn14.12

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-xcv8-6xfc-9686: The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4↗2022-05-13
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OSV
libtasn1-6 vulnerabilities↗2018-01-25
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CVEList
CVE-2017-10790: The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4↗2017-07-02
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OSV
CVE-2017-10790: The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4↗2017-07-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Libtasn1 vulnerabilities↗2018-01-25
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Red Hat
libtasn1: NULL pointer dereference in the _asn1_check_identifier function↗2017-06-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-10790: libtasn1-6 - The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL p...↗2017
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10790 mingw-libtasn1: libtasn1: NULL pointer dereference in the _asn1_check_identifier function [fedora-all]↗2017-07-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10790 mingw-libtasn1: libtasn1: NULL pointer dereference in the _asn1_check_identifier function [epel-7]↗2017-07-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10790 libtasn1: NULL pointer dereference in the _asn1_check_identifier function [fedora-all]↗2017-07-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10790 libtasn1: NULL pointer dereference in the _asn1_check_identifier function↗2017-07-20
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CVE-2017-10790 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | The _asn1_check_identifier function | cvebase.io