Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-62298asn1c: ASAN crash with decode of open types
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In plain English
A null pointer dereference in asn1c from mouse07410. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
mouse07410/asn1c is an ASN.1 compiler. Prior to 1.2.5, `OPEN TYPE` decoding can dereference an unallocated member pointer and crash the consuming program. `OPEN_TYPE_aper_get` in `OPEN_TYPE_aper.c`, `OPEN_TYPE_ber_get` in `OPEN_TYPE_ber.c`, `OPEN_TYPE_oer_get` in `OPEN_TYPE_oer.c`, and `OPEN_TYPE_uper_get` in `OPEN_TYPE_uper.c` share the pattern: a conditional null check on `*memb_ptr2` resets presence only when the member exists, but execution then unconditionally computes an inner value from that pointer and a member offset. If the `OPEN TYPE` member has not been allocated, the null-pointer arithmetic and subsequent read cause a segmentation fault. The advisory demonstrates UPER and APER crashes for `E2connectionUpdateAcknowledge`, notes that `E2AP` uses APER, and provides a BER reproducer; OER is also explicitly identified as affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.5.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mouse07410 | asn1c | < 1.2.5 |
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/mouse07410/asn1c/security/advisories/GHSA-rcj5-gcvg-x796 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/mouse07410/asn1c/commit/3f7d3bbac8cd195d552945e79586ca5000f33280 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/mouse07410/asn1c/commit/71ae41bd1cb146a432a39f72010b48f45ad69463 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/mouse07410/asn1c/releases/tag/v1.2.5 x_refsource_MISC