VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-10790

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-07-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references