CVE-2024-45617

Libopensc: uninitialized values after incorrect or missing checking return values of functions in libopensc

State: Published
Severity: 3.9 Low
Published: Sep 3, 2024
Updated: Jun 30, 2026
Reserved: Sep 2, 2024

Description

A vulnerability was found in OpenSC, OpenSC tools, PKCS#11 module, minidriver, and CTK. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted response to APDUs.

Insufficient or missing checking of return values of functions leads to unexpected work with variables that have not been initialized.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	3.9 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	redhat

Weaknesses

CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libopensc	before 0.26.0Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45617vdb-entry
RHBZ#2309286issue-tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html

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