CVE-2024-8443

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

2.9
Low

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Opensc Project
  • Opensc
  • -
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

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-787
Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

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 Score

2.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: PHYSICAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

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

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