VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-2806

critical
Published 2015-04-10 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
fedora Fedora Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
22 Affected —
21 Affected —
20 Affected —
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
14.10 Affected —
14.04 Affected —
12.04 Affected —
10.04 Affected —
debian Debian Mixed 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 4.2-3
sid Fixed 4.2-3
forky Fixed 4.2-3
bullseye Fixed 4.2-3
bookworm Fixed 4.2-3
7.0 Affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnulibtasn1{"endIncluding":"4.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.