CVE-2026-40510

low

Description

OpenSC before 0.27.0-rc1, fixed in commit 3f24f0b, contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in piv_process_history() in src/libopensc/card-piv.c that allows physically present attackers to trigger memory corruption by presenting a crafted PIV smart card or USB device returning a URL field longer than 118 bytes in the Key History Object ASN.1 response.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opensc-stack-buffer-overflow-via-piv-process-history-in-card-piv-c

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/pull/3558

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/3f24f0b48a481a8cf2e46059d8238a283ddc1c13

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-29

Updated: 2026-05-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.7

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00005