CVE-2018-16420 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
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-16420?
CVE-2018-16420 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensc Project Opensc, published on 4 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 an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.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-2018-16420?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opensc Project Opensc.
How do I fix CVE-2018-16420?
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-2018-16420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensc Project Opensc
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16420, GHSA-w4mm-38jx-q774, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16420.