Use After Free Affecting opensc package, versions <0.22.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-OPENSC-2770148
  • published21 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Apr 2022

Introduced: 18 Apr 2022

CVE-2021-42779  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable opensc to version 0.22.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensc package and not the opensc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap use after free issue was found in Opensc before version 0.22.0 in sc_file_valid.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1