VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-16058
If a smart card creates a signature with a length longer than 256 bytes, this triggers a buffer overflow.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the pam_p11 component 0.2.0 and 0.3.0 for OpenSC. If a smart card creates a signature with a length longer than 256 bytes, this triggers a buffer overflow. This may be the case for RSA keys with 4096 bits depending on the signature scheme.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- opensc project/opensc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/12/1
- https://github.com/OpenSC/pam_p11/commit/d150b60e1e14c261b113f55681419ad1dfa8a76cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/12/1
- https://github.com/OpenSC/pam_p11/commit/d150b60e1e14c261b113f55681419ad1dfa8a76cPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.