CVE-2018-16423
N/A
Published: September 4, 2018 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSC
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
A double free when handling responses from a smartcard in sc_file_set_sec_attr in libopensc/sc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.18.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-db0cd89ff279ad8c7b3bb780cdf2770ax_refsource_MISCPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415
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