Panic on incorrect date input to `simple_asn1`
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
Version 0.6.0 of the `simple_asn1` crate panics on certain malformed inputs to its parsing functions, including `from_der` and `der_decode`. Because this crate is frequently used with inputs from the network, this should be considered a security vulnerability. The issue occurs when parsing the old ASN.1 "UTCTime" time format. If an attacker provides a UTCTime where the first character is ASCII but the second character is above 0x7f, a string slice operation in the `from_der_` function will try to slice into the middle of a UTF-8 character, and cause a panic. This error was introduced in commit [`d7d39d709577710e9dc8`](https://github.com/acw/simple_asn1/commit/d7d39d709577710e9dc8833ee57d200eef366db8), which updated `simple_asn1` to use `time` instead of `chrono` because of [`RUSTSEC-2020-159`](https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0159). Versions of `simple_asn1` before 0.6.0 are not affected by this issue. The [patch](https://github.com/acw/simple_asn1/pull/28) was applied in `simple_asn1` version 0.6.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | simple_asn1 (crates.io) | 0.6.0 to before 0.6.1 | 0.6.1 | Patch available | GHSA-3m6f-3gfg-4x56 |
- simple_asn1 (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.6.0 to before 0.6.1 Fixed in 0.6.1 Patch available GHSA-3m6f-3gfg-4x56
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-3m6f-3gfg-4x56 simple_asn1 (crates.io) Fixed in 0.6.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-3m6f-3gfg-4x56
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