CVE-2016-4579 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Libksba versions prior to 1.3.4, specifically impacting Canonical, GnuPG, and OpenSUSE distributions. This flaw, stemming from an out-of-bounds read during BER parsing, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash affected systems. With a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), it presents a significant availability risk with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libksba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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