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CVE-2018-16427

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Description

Various out of bounds reads when handling responses in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to potentially crash the opensc library using programs.

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https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/pull/1447/commits/8fe377e93b4b56060e5bbfb6f3142ceaeca744fa

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-09-04

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00216

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