Medium severity6.6NVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16422
CVE-2018-16422
Description
A single byte buffer overflow when handling responses from an esteid Card in sc_pkcs15emu_esteid_init in libopensc/pkcs15-esteid.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 possibly have unspecified other impact.
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Affected products
12- osv-coords11 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/opensc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/opensc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 0.21.0-2.2+ 10 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.21.0-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.0-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.0-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.18.0-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.11.6-5.27.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.0-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.0-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.11.6-5.27.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.0-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.0-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.11.6-5.27.3.1
Patches
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References
5- github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160adnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1nvdPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.htmlnvd
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