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CVE-2016-4353

libksba: denial of service due to stack overflow in src/ber-decoder.c (push_decoder_state, pop_decoder_state)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 8, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

ber-decoder.c in Libksba before 1.3.3 does not properly handle decoder stack overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via crafted BER data.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation