Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2019
CVE-2019-15945
OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string in libopensc/asn1.c
6.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string in libopensc/asn1.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31 · source: NVD
OP
Opensc · Opensc Project
through 0.19.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15945
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/29/1
Patch
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/412a6142c27a5973c61ba540e33cdc22d5608e68
Patch
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/compare/f1691fc...12218d4
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00027.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDSQLMZZYBHO5X3BK7D6E7E6NZIMZDI5/
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