Out-of-bounds Write Affecting opensc/opensc package, versions [0,0.21.0-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSCOPENSC-2364277
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Oct 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-26571  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade opensc/opensc to version 0.21.0-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. The gemsafe GPK smart card software driver in OpenSC before 0.21.0-rc1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in sc_pkcs15emu_gemsafeGPK_init.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1