CVE-2018-16427

lowpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.49% (42nd) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Is it mine?
30 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Various out of bounds reads when handling responses in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to potentially crash the opensc library using programs.

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remediations

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A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

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4.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–4.3

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9
v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.7 · impact 3.6
v3.04mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
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affected products (30)

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advisories (1)

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  • RHSA-2019:2154Red Hat Security Advisory: opensc security, bug fix, and enhancement update2019-08-06csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update for opensc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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also known as (3)

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sources

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published 2018-09-04modified 2026-06-17
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references (17)

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