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CVE-2015-2806

Published: Apr 10, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
10.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
7.8%
Top 6.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in asn1_der_decoding in libtasn1 before 4.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gnu
oss-project·USaka g. nu
libtasn1
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:193
mandriva.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-04
security.gentoo.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155270.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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