HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-1182

Opensuse vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The asn1_get_sequence_of function in library/asn1parse.c in PolarSSL 1.0 through 1.2.12 and 1.3.x through 1.3.9 does not properly initialize a pointer in the asn1_sequence linked list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASN.1 sequence in a certificate.
Affected vendor
Opensuse
Affected product
Opensuse
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2015-01-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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