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CVE-2019-10013

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

The asn1_signature function in asn1.c in Cameron Hamilton-Rich axTLS through 2.1.5 has a Buffer Overflow that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted certificate in the TLS certificate handshake message, because the result of get_asn1_length() is not checked for a minimum or maximum size.

Affected products

• Axtls Project Axtls: through 2.1.5

References

• http://axtls.sourceforge.net
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155500/axTLS-2.1.5-Denial-Of-Service.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/44
• https://www.telekom.com/en/corporate-responsibility/data-protection-data-security/security/details/advisories-504842
• https://www.telekom.com/resource/blob/586416/12097aeb8f9a6bba89a804b94575521a/dl-191121-critical-remote-denial-of-service-vulnerability-i--data.pdf
• http://axtls.sourceforge.net
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155500/axTLS-2.1.5-Denial-Of-Service.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/44
• https://www.telekom.com/en/corporate-responsibility/data-protection-data-security/security/details/advisories-504842
• https://www.telekom.com/resource/blob/586416/12097aeb8f9a6bba89a804b94575521a/dl-191121-critical-remote-denial-of-service-vulnerability-i--data.pdf

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