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01 Record

CVE-2016-4353

ber-decoder.c in Libksba before 1.3.3 does not properly handle decoder stack overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via crafted BER data.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

ber-decoder.c in Libksba before 1.3.3 does not properly handle decoder stack overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via crafted BER data.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-06-13 19:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 00:25Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-04-29
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
7bbb7f98fd4ffdf0a19f67fb64b26ff7952384473604d295670714ba574120c8

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—
gnupglibksbaNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • libksba
    Fixed in 1.3.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libksba
    Fixed in 1.3.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libksba
    Fixed in 1.3.3-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • libksba
    Fixed in 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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