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01 Record

CVE-2018-16423

A double free when handling responses from a smartcard in sc_file_set_sec_attr in libopensc/sc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

A double free when handling responses from a smartcard in sc_file_set_sec_attr in libopensc/sc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 51.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-09-04 00:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-09-03
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-415Double FreeVariant
  • CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
7891d78b4e9f3359fe3d3b48bbb91a9d913b6c4fb15e5dbdd3d50c8d7ef05797

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
opensc_projectopenscNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • opensc
    Fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • opensc
    Fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • opensc
    Fixed in 0.19.0~rc1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • opensc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • opensc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.