NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting OpenSC/pam_pkcs11 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSCPAMPKCS11-8709972
  • published11 Feb 2025
  • disclosed10 Feb 2025
  • creditbjorn3

Introduced: 10 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2025-24031  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for OpenSC/pam_pkcs11.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the pam_get_pwd() function in pam_pkcs11.c. An attacker can cause a denial of service by keyboard interrupting the PIN entry process.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1