What is CVE-2019-15549?

CVE-2019-15549 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asn1 Der Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-15549?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-15549 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Asn1 Der Project

CVE-2019-15549

An issue was discovered in the asn1_der crate before 0.6.2 for Rust. Attackers can trigger memory exhaustion by supplying a large value in a length field.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Asn1_der_project Asn1_der
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Artisan-Lab/Rust-memory-safety-bugs

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15549?: CVE-2019-15549 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asn1 Der Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-15549?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15549 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.