Use After Free Affecting opensc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OPENSC-1766568
  • published22 Oct 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2021

Introduced: 22 Feb 2021

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 opensc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensc package and not the opensc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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

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