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CVE-2024-8443

Oct. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

CVSS Score

2.9 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
opensc_project
  • opensc
  • -
redhat
  • enterprise_linux
  • 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

CWE ID: 122
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

CWE ID: 787

Date

Published: Sept. 10, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Status : Modified

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secalert@redhat.com

CPEs

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a opensc_project opensc - / / / / / / /
o redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 / / / / / / /
o redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 / / / / / / /
o redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 / / / / / / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score
2.9
Exploitability Score
0.4
Impact Score
2.5
Base Severity
LOW
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://access.redhat.com/ secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ secalert@redhat.com