CVE-2024-8443
Libopensc: heap buffer overflow in openpgp driver when generating key
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.9 Low
- Published
- Sep 10, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 4, 2024
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the libopensc OpenPGP driver. A crafted USB device or smart card with malicious responses to the APDUs during the card enrollment process using the `pkcs15-init` tool may lead to out-of-bound rights, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 2.9 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
opensc |
|
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
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