CVE-2015-3622 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via out-of-bounds heap read in GNU Libtasn1 by submitting a crafted certificate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-3622?
CVE-2015-3622 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted certificate.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3622?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Libtasn1, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3622?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-3622 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3622 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3622, DSA-3256-1, GHSA-359p-x9w8-8g33, MGASA-2015-0200, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3622, USN-2604-1.