CVE-2015-3622

Exp

The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted certificate.

Published: 2015-05-12 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3622 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.06%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.61% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-3622

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3622

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-11 4.45% 6.06% +1.61%
2 2025-03-30 5.58% 4.45% -1.12%
3 2025-03-29 5.58%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3622

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3622

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3622

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-3622 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libtasn1-6), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3622
gentoo normal CVE-2015-3622: 1 GLSA(s) (201509-04), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/libtasn1); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-3622
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3622
suse low CVE-2015-3622 severity low: SUSE including 326 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 507 product×package rows across 72 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (72 product lines)): Fixed 293, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 57. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3622/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3622 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libtasn1-3, libtasn1-6), 10 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 5, DNE 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3622

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3622

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu libtasn1 <= 4.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtasn1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3622

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158225.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131711/libtasn1-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/109 Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3256
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:232
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74419
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032246
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2604-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1860
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2015-04/msg00000.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-04
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