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CVE-2016-4355

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4355 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in Libksba versions prior to 1.3.3, specifically within the ber-decoder.c component. These flaws, affecting products like Canonical and GnuPG's Libksba, allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) through crafted BER data, leading to a buffer overflow. With a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction or privileges required, resulting in a high impact on availability. The EPSS score is low, suggesting a low probability of exploitation in the wild. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a lack of widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libksba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libksba
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libksba
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libksba

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4355Moderate

libksba: integer overflow in the BER decoder src/ber-decoder.c (ber_decoder_s)

Apr 8, 2015

References

git.gnupg.org / cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201604-04
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/8
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2982-1