CVE-2018-1000654: gnu libtasn1
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-1000654 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in gnu libtasn1. EPSS estimates a 2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 20-08-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
GNU Libtasn1-4.13 libtasn1-4.13 version libtasn1-4.13, libtasn1-4.12 contains a DoS, specifically CPU usage will reach 100% when running asn1Paser against the POC due to an issue in _asn1_expand_object_id(p_tree), after a long time, the program will be killed. This attack appears to be exploitable via parsing a crafted file.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.01% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (gitlab.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Suse3 products
- libtasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15< 4.13-4.5.1
- libtasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1< 4.13-4.5.1
- libtasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15< 4.13-4.5.1
Opensuse2 products
- libtasn1&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.0< 4.13-lp151.4.3.1
- libtasn1&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 4.13-lp151.4.3.1
Alpine1 product
- libtasn1< 4.14-r0 | < 4.12-r4
Debian1 product
- libtasn1-6< 4.14-2
Gnu1 product
- libtasn14.12 | 4.13
Mageia1 product
- libtasn1< 4.14-1.mga7
Ubuntu1 product
- libtasn1-6All versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm2
7 vendors · 10 products
References
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- lists.opensuse.org/archives/…Advisory