Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in libopensc in OpenSC 0.11.13 and earlier allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary…

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in libopensc in OpenSC 0.11.13 and earlier allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long serial-number field on a smart card, related to (1) card-acos5.c, (2) card-atrust-acos.c, and (3) card-starcos.c.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/When-a-smart-card-can-root-your-computer-1154829.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101222 Re: CVE request: opensc buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/changeset/4913 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607427 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-19193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664831 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42807 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_opensc-get-serial-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 42658 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0009 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/opensc/+bug/692483 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-19192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101221 CVE request: opensc buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 45435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:51 UTC.