CVE-2023-39914 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-39914

BER/CER/DER decoder panics on invalid input

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Haya Shulman
  • Donika Mirdita
  • Niklas Vogel

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bcder
Vulnerable Versions:
*, 0.7.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 13th, 2023
Last Modified: September 12th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-232 CWE-240

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.