Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Feb 10, 2025 15:28:10 UTC

CVE-2024-12243

A flaw was found in GnuTLS, which relies on libtasn1 for ASN.1 data processing. Due to an inefficient algorithm in libtasn1, decoding certain DER-encoded certificate data can take excessive time, leading to increased resource consumption. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send a specially crafted certificate, causing GnuTLS to become unresponsive or slow, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Base score5.3/ 10

SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityMedium

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionNoneUI

ScopeUnchangedS

Confidentiality impactNoneC

Integrity impactNoneI

Availability impactLowA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat

Last updatedNov 5, 2026 11:45:05 UTC

PublishedFeb 10, 2025 15:28:10 UTC

ReservedDec 5, 2024 14:26:25 UTC

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Bing Shi for reporting this issue.