CVE-2016-4574

high

Published 2016-06-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Off-by-one error in the append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via invalid utf-8 encoded data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

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

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.3.4-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.3.4-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.3.4-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.3.4-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.3.4-3`
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	15.10	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected
suse	42.1	affected
suse	13.2	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnupg	libksba	`{"endIncluding":"1.3.3"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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

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