CVE-2012-1573
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.12.17 and 3.x before 3.0.15 does not properly handle data encrypted with a block cipher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted record, as demonstrated by a crafted GenericBlockCipher 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-310
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1591)
- 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-2012-1591 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gnutls
- 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/5910
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5912
- http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/(Exploit)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=422214868061370aeeb0ac9cd0f021a5c350a57d
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b495740f2ff66550ca9395b3fda3ea32c3acb185
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077071.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076496.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/80259
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0429.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48596
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48712
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2441
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:040
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52667
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026828
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1418-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805432
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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