Medium severity · published Sep 4, 2018
CVE-2018-16427
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…
4.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Opensc · Opensc Project
through 0.18.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16427
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16427
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154
Patch
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/pull/1447/commits/8fe377e93b4b56060e5bbfb6f3142ceaeca744fa
Patch
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/
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