DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12966

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12966
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12966.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12966
Upstream
Published
2017-08-20T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T23:17:38.028885Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The asn1flookupsymbolimpl function in asn1fixretrieve.c in libasn1fix.a in asn1c 0.9.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted .asn1 file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / asn1c

Package

Name
asn1c
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/asn1c?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.28+dfsg-3
0.9.28+dfsg-4
0.9.28+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / asn1c

Package

Name
asn1c
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/asn1c?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.28+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / asn1c

Package

Name
asn1c
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/asn1c?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.28+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / asn1c

Package

Name
asn1c
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/asn1c?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.28+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}