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CVE-2014-3468
Published:June 05, 2014
Updated:May 17, 2026
The asn1_get_bit_der function in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 does not properly report an error when a negative bit length is identified, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause out-of-bounds access via crafted ASN.1 data.
Related Resources (28)
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60415
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3468
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0596.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59021
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015303
http://secunia.com/advisories/59408
http://secunia.com/advisories/58591
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:116
http://secunia.com/advisories/58614
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-3468
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0687.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61888
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0594.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3056
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/400/sol15423.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60320
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtasn1.git/commit/?id=1c3ccb3e040bf13e342ee60bc23b21b97b11923f
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102323
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0247.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59057
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00015.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0815.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0594.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2014-05/msg00006.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3468
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015302
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
CWE-131
EPSS
Base Score:
10.74