7.5

CVE-2016-4574: canonical ubuntu_linux Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-4574DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4574
Published 13-06-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4574 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.76%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via invalid utf-8 encoded data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.76% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse2 products
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • libksba< 1.3.4-3
Gnupg1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libksba< 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2 | < 1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

5 vendors · 6 products

References

10 links