Medium severity · published Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2025-13763
Libopensc: opensc: multiple uses of uninitialized variable
5.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple uses of uninitialized variables were found in libopensc that may lead to information disclosure or application crash. An attack requires a crafted USB device or smart card that would present the system with specially crafted responses to the APDUs
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenSC · OpenSC
before 0.27.0 · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13763
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13763
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13763
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2417581
github.com
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/security/advisories/GHSA-2v44-fq35-98vv
github.com
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/CVE-2025-13763
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