CVE-2019-19479 Memory corruption in n/a
An out-of-bounds read in OpenSC allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted smart card data.
- 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-2019-19479?
CVE-2019-19479 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-setcos.c has an incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19479?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensc Project Opensc.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19479?
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-2019-19479 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19479 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19479, DLA-2046-1, GHSA-rmfw-qmvr-x823, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19479.