CVE-2018-16427 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 4 Sep 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers with crafted smartcards can cause out-of-bounds reads in OpenSC, leading to application crashes via denial of service.

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-2018-16427?

CVE-2018-16427 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

Various out of bounds reads when handling responses in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to potentially crash the opensc library using programs.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16427?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opensc Project Opensc.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16427?

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-2018-16427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16427, GHSA-35jr-36cj-2w6g, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16427.