VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-16425

A double free when handling responses from an HSM Card in sc_pkcs15emu_sc_hsm_init in libopensc/pkcs15-sc-hsm.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…

MEDIUM 6.6EPSS 0.66%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 6.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.66% probability · 51th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-415
Affected: opensc project/opensc
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-d643a0fa169471dbf2912f4866dc49c5Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-d643a0fa169471dbf2912f4866dc49c5Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.