CVE-2018-16149

In sig_verify() in x509.c in axTLS version 2.1.3 and before, the PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification blindly trusts the declared lengths in the ASN.1 structure. Consequently, when small public exponents are being used, a remote attacker can generate purposefully crafted signatures (and put them on X.509 certificates) to induce illegal memory access and crash the verifier.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-11-07

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-347

Affected products

• Axtls (Axtls Project)

References

• https://github.com/igrr/axtls-8266/commit/5efe2947ab45e81d84b5f707c51d1c64be52f36c
• https://sourceforge.net/p/axtls/mailman/message/36459928/