CVE-2018-16422 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.6 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in OpenSC allows attackers with crafted smartcards to cause application crashes or potential code execution.

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-2018-16422?

CVE-2018-16422 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

A single byte buffer overflow when handling responses from an esteid Card in sc_pkcs15emu_esteid_init in libopensc/pkcs15-esteid.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-2018-16422?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opensc Project Opensc.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16422?

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-2018-16422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16422, GHSA-f432-537h-hwj6, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16422.

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