CVE-2016-0758 json
Integer overflow in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted ASN.1 data.
published 2016-06-27 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0777
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Integer overflow in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted ASN.1 data.
Patch / fix
- linux linux_kernel 3.12.60, 3.16.36, 3.18.54, 4.4.21
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.5.4-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0758
- linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-86.131
- linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-22.40
- linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1010.13
- linux-lts-wily Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.2.0-36.42~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.19.0-59.66~14.04.1
- linux-lts-utopic Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.16.0-71.92~14.04.1
- linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-22.40~14.04.1
- linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1013.15
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0758
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
- perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
- python-perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
- kernel-kdump RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
- kernel-tools RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
- kernel-tools-libs RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
- kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
- kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1033RHSA-2016:1051RHSA-2016:1055
- kernel-ec2 SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
- kernel-pae SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
- kernel-xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
- kernel-syms SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
- kernel-trace SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
- kernel-bigsmp SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 5, Manager Proxy 2.1 +1 more 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
- kernel-source SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
- kernel-default SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 5 +2 more 3.0.101-0.47.86.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1SUSE-SU-2016:2002-1SUSE-SU-2016:1994-1SUSE-SU-2016:2009-1SUSE-SU-2016:2007-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-0758 updated cvss 7.2
kernel: tags with indefinite length can corrupt pointers in asn1_find_indefinite_length()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1033
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.18.2.rt56.223.el7_2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1051
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1033
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Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 3.10.0-327.rt56.183.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-327.rt56.183.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 3.10.0-327.rt56.183.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 3.10.0-327.rt56.183.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-327.rt56.183.el6rtfixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1055
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
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git.kernel.org
/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23c8a812dc3c621009e4f0e5342aa4e2ede1ceaa
vendor-advisory
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github.com
/torvalds/linux/commit/23c8a812dc3c621009e4f0e5342aa4e2ede1ceaa
third-party-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/USN-2979-4
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00023.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00017.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2016-1055.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2016-1033.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2016-1051.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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h20565.www2.hp.com
/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158555
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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oracle.com
/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
third-party-advisory
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source.android.com
/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
third-party-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/9
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1300257
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/90626
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-0758
- NVD CVE-2016-0758
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.