NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in _asn1_check_identifier Function

CVE-2017-10790 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.

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