Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 9, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-17362
CVE-2019-17362
Description
In LibTomCrypt through 1.18.2, the der_decode_utf8_string function (in der_decode_utf8_string.c) does not properly detect certain invalid UTF-8 sequences. This allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) or read information from other memory locations via carefully crafted DER-encoded data.
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Affected products
7- LibTomCrypt/LibTomCryptdescription
- Range: <=1.18.2
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libtomcrypt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/libtomcrypt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/libtomcrypt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libtomcrypt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libtomcrypt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5
< 1.17-lp150.2.3.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17-lp150.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17-3.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt/pull/508nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt/issues/507nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- vuldb.comnvdPermissions Required
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00020.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00041.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47YP5SXQ4RY6KMTK2HI5ZZR244XKRMCZ/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YU5OMCY3PX54YVI4FMNDEENHDJZJ3RJW/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47YP5SXQ4RY6KMTK2HI5ZZR244XKRMCZ/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YU5OMCY3PX54YVI4FMNDEENHDJZJ3RJW/nvd
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