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THREATINT
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CVE-2024-45620

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



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.

Reserved 2024-09-02 | Published 2024-09-03 | Updated 2025-07-05 | Assigner redhat


LOW: 3.9CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Problem types

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

Product status

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affected

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affected

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affected

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affected

Timeline

2024-09-02:Reported to Red Hat.
2024-09-02:Made public.

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Matteo Marini (Sapienza University of Rome) for reporting this issue.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45620 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309289 (RHBZ#2309289) issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2024-45620)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-45620)

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