Out-of-bounds read in OpenSC - CVE-2018-16427

 

Out-of-bounds read in OpenSC - CVE-2018-16427

Published: December 27, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16739
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2018-16427
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSC
Affected software:
OpenSC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read when handling responses. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted smartcards to crash the opensc library using programs.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-16427

Update to version 0.19.0-rc1.

Sources