CVE-2015-2806: gnu libtasn1 – CVSS 10.0 · Watchpost

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CVE-2015-2806

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2015-2806 · Published 10/04/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-2806 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting libtasn1 (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.7%, higher than 94.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libtasn1 gnu	`≤ 4.3`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in asn1_der_decoding in libtasn1 before 4.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

References

git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154741.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154805.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155117.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155270.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155435.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155483.html · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3220 · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/29/4 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/31/2 · Mailing List
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securityfocus.com/bid/73436
securitytracker.com/id/1032080 · Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2559-1 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1860
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-04

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