CVE-2024-45620

Libopensc: incorrect handling of the length of buffers or files in pkcs15init

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

Description

A vulnerability was found in the pkcs15-init tool in OpenSC. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted response to APDUs. When buffers are partially filled with data, initialized parts of the buffer can be incorrectly accessed.

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-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libopensc
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-2024-45620vdb-entry
RHBZ#2309289issue-tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html

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