First published: Tue Sep 04 2018(Updated: )
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Opensc Project Opensc | <=0.18.0 | |
redhat/opensc | <0.19.0 | 0.19.0 |
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The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2018-16420.
The severity of CVE-2018-16420 is medium with a CVSS score of 6.6.
The affected software for CVE-2018-16420 is OpenSC versions up to and including 0.18.0.
An attacker can exploit CVE-2018-16420 by supplying crafted smartcards to the affected system.
To fix CVE-2018-16420, update to OpenSC version 0.19.0 or later.