CVE-2024-8443
Libopensc: heap buffer overflow in openpgp driver when generating key
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the libopensc OpenPGP driver. A crafted USB device or smart card with malicious responses to the APDUs during the card enrollment process using the `pkcs15-init` tool may lead to out-of-bound rights, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low2.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.9.
Weakness
Affected products
opensc
- affected 0.26.0 – < 0.26.0
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: affected
References (3)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8443 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2310494 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html (opens in a new tab)
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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-8443)Record last updated .