Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3,…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3, and possibly other 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a smart card with an ATR message containing a long attribute value.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

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 (17)

• FEDORA-2011-0123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2011-0164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_pcsc-atr-handler-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607781 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101222 CVE Request -- 1, ccid -- int.overflow leading to array index error 2, pcsc-lite stack-based buffer overflow in ATR decoder [was: CVE request: opensc buffer overflow ] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4531 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42912 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [Pcsclite-cvs-commit] 20101103 r5370 - /trunk/PCSC/src/atrhandler.c (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 43112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 45450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110103 Re: CVE Request -- 1, ccid -- int.overflow leading to array index error 2, pcsc-lite stack-based buffer overflow in ATR decoder [was: CVE request: opensc buffer overflow ] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-2156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-4531](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-4531.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-4531)

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