Out-of-bounds Read Affecting opensc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENSC-482628
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed4 Sept 2018

Introduced: 4 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16427  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 opensc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensc package and not the opensc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.