CVE-2018-6003
Detail
Modified After Enrichment
This CVE record has been updated after NVD enrichment efforts were completed. Enrichment data supplied by the NVD may require amendment due to these changes.
Description
An issue was discovered in the _asn1_decode_simple_ber function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.13. Unlimited recursion in the BER decoder leads to stack exhaustion and DoS.
Metrics
CVSS Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-674
Uncontrolled Recursion
NIST
Change History
10 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by MITRE
6/16/2026 10:01:10 PM
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Affected
[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]
CVE Modified by CVE
11/20/2024 11:09:51 PM
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Reference
http://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/libtasn1.git/commit/?id=c593ae84cfcde8fea45787e53950e0ac71e9ca97
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1535926
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076832
Added
Reference
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/commit/946565d8eb05fbf7970ea366e817581bb5a90910
Added
Reference
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Added
Reference
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Added
Reference
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106
CVE Modified by MITRE
5/14/2024 1:23:06 AM
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CVE Modified by MITRE
11/06/2023 9:58:52 PM
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Reference
MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
Removed
Reference
MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Removed
Reference
MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
CVE Modified by MITRE
6/29/2021 11:15:14 AM
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Reference
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE
6/28/2021 11:15:16 AM
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Reference
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
Reanalysis by NIST
10/22/2020 3:20:22 PM
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CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS V3
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Changed
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/commit/946565d8eb05fbf7970ea366e817581bb5a90910 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/commit/946565d8eb05fbf7970ea366e817581bb5a90910 Third Party Advisory
CWE Remap by NIST
10/02/2019 8:03:26 PM
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CWE
CWE-399
CWE-674
Initial Analysis by NIST
2/09/2018 1:08:40 PM
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CVSS V3
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS V2
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added
CWE
CWE-399
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtasn1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.12
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
http://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/libtasn1.git/commit/?id=c593ae84cfcde8fea45787e53950e0ac71e9ca97 No Types Assigned
http://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/libtasn1.git/commit/?id=c593ae84cfcde8fea45787e53950e0ac71e9ca97 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1535926 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1535926 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076832 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076832 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/commit/946565d8eb05fbf7970ea366e817581bb5a90910 No Types Assigned
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/commit/946565d8eb05fbf7970ea366e817581bb5a90910 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106 No Types Assigned
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106 Third Party Advisory
CVE Modified by MITRE
2/08/2018 9:29:03 PM
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Reference
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106 [No Types Assigned]
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2018-6003 NVD
Published Date: 01/22/2018 NVD
Last Modified: 06/16/2026
Source: MITRE