CVE-2023-39914 HIGH

CVE-2023-39914: BER/CER/DER decoder panics on invalid input

Vendor Nlnet Labs
Product bcder
Weakness CWE-232
Published September 13, 2023
Last update September 12, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

NLnet Labs' bcder library up to and including version 0.7.2 panics while decoding certain invalid input data rather than rejecting the data with an error. This can affect both the actual decoding stage as well as accessing content of types that utilized delayed decoding.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 13, 2023 CVE published
September 12, 2024 Record updated