CVE-2016-4356
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4356
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4356.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4356
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-06-13T19:59:06.990Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:38:53.393381Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The appendutf8value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by clearing the high bit of the byte after invalid utf-8 encoded data.
- References
-
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=243d12fdec66a4360fbb3e307a046b39b5b4ffc3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-04
Affected packages
Git / github.com/gpg/libksba
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/gpg/libksba
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
Affected versions
Other
debian/V0-0-0
debian/V0-2-0
debian/V0-2-1
debian/V0-2-2
debian/V0-2-3
debian/V0-4-0
debian/V0-4-1
debian/V0-4-2
debian/V0-4-3
debian/V0-4-4
debian/V0-4-5
debian/libksba-0-4-6
debian/libksba-0-4-7
debian/libksba-0-9-0
debian/libksba-0-9-1
debian/libksba-0-9-10
debian/libksba-0-9-11
debian/libksba-0-9-12
debian/libksba-0-9-2
debian/libksba-0-9-3
debian/libksba-0-9-4
debian/libksba-0-9-5
debian/libksba-0-9-6
debian/libksba-0-9-7
debian/libksba-0-9-8
debian/libksba-0-9-9
debian/libksba-0.*
debian/libksba-0.9.13
debian/libksba-0.9.14
debian/libksba-0.9.15
debian/libksba-0.9.16
debian/libksba-1.*
debian/libksba-1.0.1
debian/libksba-1.0.2
debian/libksba-1.0.3
debian/libksba-1.0.4
debian/libksba-1.0.5
debian/libksba-1.0.6
debian/libksba-1.0.7
debian/libksba-1.0.8
debian/libksba-1.1.0
libksba-1.*
libksba-1.2.0
libksba-1.3.0
libksba-1.3.1
libksba-1.3.2