{"id":"USN-2979-4","summary":"linux-snapdragon vulnerability","details":"Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel's ASN.1 DER decoder did\nnot properly process certificate files with tags of indefinite length. A\nlocal unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service\n(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative\nprivileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:59Z","published":"2016-05-16T19:06:41Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0758"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-0758","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0758"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2979-4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0758"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux-snapdragon","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-snapdragon@4.4.0-1013.15?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.0-1013.15"}]}],"versions":["4.4.0-1012.12","4.4.0-1013.14"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"linux-headers-4.4.0-1013-snapdragon","binary_version":"4.4.0-1013.15"},{"binary_name":"linux-image-4.4.0-1013-snapdragon","binary_version":"4.4.0-1013.15"},{"binary_name":"linux-snapdragon-headers-4.4.0-1013","binary_version":"4.4.0-1013.15"},{"binary_name":"linux-snapdragon-tools-4.4.0-1013","binary_version":"4.4.0-1013.15"},{"binary_name":"linux-tools-4.4.0-1013-snapdragon","binary_version":"4.4.0-1013.15"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2979-4.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-0758"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}