RHSA-2026:59242
Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-08-25 01:43 - Updated: 2026-10-15 11:27A remote attacker can exploit this by providing specially crafted BER/CER/DER-encoded ASN.1 data with a large exponent in the REAL value. When the application subsequently prints, logs, compares, or performs arithmetic on the decoded value, this can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption, leading to a denial of service (DoS).
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