libksba: denial of service due to stack overflow in src/ber-decoder.c (push_decoder_state, pop_decoder_state)
Published Jun 13, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.15%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 12.04
- 14.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libksba
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libksba
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libksba
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libksba | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libksba | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libksba | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02149) | 81.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02149) | 79.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.37% (0.00369) | 56.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.41% (0.01413) | 87.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2024 | 1.41% (0.01413) | 86.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01413) | 84.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=07116a314f4dcd4d96990bbd74db95a03a9f650a x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4353 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211261 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4353
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4353
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=07116a314f4dcd4d96990bbd74db95a03a9f650a | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4353 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211261 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4353 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-04 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4353 |
Change history (0)
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