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Case File

CVE-2017-6891

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 5.58% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2017-6891
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
5.58%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Two errors in the "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.