CVE-2018-16149

N/A
Published: November 7, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAxtls

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

In sig_verify() in x509.c in axTLS version 2.1.3 and before, the PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification blindly trusts the declared lengths in the ASN.1 structure. Consequently, when small public exponents are being used, a remote attacker can generate purposefully crafted signatures (and put them on X.509 certificates) to induce illegal memory access and crash the verifier.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2.1.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/axtls/mailman/message/36459928/

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-347

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