CVE-2018-6003

libtasn1: Stack exhaustion due to indefinite recursion during BER decoding

Published Jan 22, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the _asn1_decode_simple_ber function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.13. Unlimited recursion in the BER decoder leads to stack exhaustion and DoS.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4106-1 libtasn1-6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-17768 An issue was discovered in the _asn1_decode_simple_ber function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.13. Unlimited recursion in the BER decoder leads to stack exhaustion and DoS.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3547-1 Libtasn1 vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:47 AM
Reserved
Jan 22, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 22, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:01 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 4, 2018, 12:00 AM