CVE-2016-2053

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2053
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2053.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2053
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Published
2016-05-02T10:59:25.470Z
Modified
2026-03-12T22:15:21.583313Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The asn1berdecoder function in lib/asn1decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ASN.1 BER file that lacks a public key, leading to mishandling by the publickeyverifysignature function in crypto/asymmetrickeys/publickey.c.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.3"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2053.json"