Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in Libksba's DN Decoder

CVE-2016-4356 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by clearing the high bit of the byte after invalid utf-8 encoded data.

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