CVE-2012-1569
The asn1_get_length_der function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 2.12, as used in GnuTLS before 3.0.16 and other products, does not properly handle certain large length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ASN.1 structure.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1587)
- Published
- March 26, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1587 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gnutls
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References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0099.html
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5932(Patch)
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtasn1.general/53
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtasn1.general/54
- http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/(Exploit)
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/076856.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/076865.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077284.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077339.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078207.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076699.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0427.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48505
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48578
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48596
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49002
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50739
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2440
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:039
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/5
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026829
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1436-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804920
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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