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CVE-2018-16426 (GCVE-0-2018-16426)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-04 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
VLAI
Summary
Endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to hang or crash the opensc library using programs.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-09-03 00:00
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