CVE-2018-16391 Memory corruption in n/a
Buffer overflows in OpenSC allow attackers with crafted smartcards to cause application crashes or potential other impacts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-16391?
CVE-2018-16391 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensc Project Opensc, published on 3 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a Muscle Card in muscle_list_files in libopensc/card-muscle.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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16391?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opensc Project Opensc.
How do I fix CVE-2018-16391?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-16391 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16391 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensc Project Opensc
Sources
Also known as CVE-2018-1000672, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16391, GHSA-37c8-gm6x-ffch, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16391.