CVE-2018-16424
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A double free when handling responses in read_file in tools/egk-tool.c (aka the eGK card tool) 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 (2)
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references (13)
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- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-476b3b2a03c4eef331b4b0bfece4b063cnnvd
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.3459/cnnvd
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/cnnvd
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-476b3b2a03c4eef331b4b0bfece4b063enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1enisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.htmlenisa_euvd
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