#VU16731 Buffer overflow in OpenSC - CVE-2018-16392
Published: December 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16731
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16392
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSC
OpenSC
Software vendor:
OpenSC
OpenSC
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when handling responses from a TCOS Card in tcos_select_file in libopensc/card-tcos.c. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted smartcards, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 0.19.0-rc1.