Out-of-Bounds Affecting asn1c package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ASN1C-10075119
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed20 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The asn1f_lookup_symbol_impl function in asn1fix_retrieve.c in libasn1fix.a in asn1c 0.9.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted .asn1 file.

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