CVE-2016-0758: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted ASN.1 data.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.7, before 3.12.60 (fixed in 3.12.60); from 3.13, before 3.16.36 (fixed in 3.16.36); from 3.17, before 3.18.54 (fixed in 3.18.54); from 3.19, before 4.4.21 (fixed in 4.4.21)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus: version 7.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2016-06-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.