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libtasn1-6 — security advisory
GNU Libtasn1-4.13 libtasn1-4.13 version libtasn1-4.13, libtasn1-4.12 contains a DoS, specifically CPU usage will reach 100% when running asn1Paser against the POC due to an issue in _asn1_expand_object_id(p_tree), after a long time, the program will be killed. This attack appears to be exploitable via parsing a crafted file.
- Products
- libtasn1-6
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000654
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GNU Libtasn1-4.13 libtasn1-4.13 version libtasn1-4.13, libtasn1-4.12 contains a DoS, specifically CPU usage will reach 100% when running asn1Paser against the POC due to an issue in _asn1_expand_object_id(p_tree), after a long time, the program will be killed. This attack appears to be exploitable via parsing a crafted file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000654
libtasn1-6
Fixed versions: 4.14-2
libtasn1-6
Fixed versions: 4.14-2
libtasn1-6
Fixed versions: 4.14-2
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 422485,
"published_at": "2018-08-20T19:31:44.87+00:00"
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