CVE-2018-16419 (GCVE-0-2018-16419)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-04 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
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Summary
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a Cryptoflex card in read_public_key in tools/cryptoflex-tool.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.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-09-03 00:00
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