CVE-2024-8443

LOW EPSS 22.7%

Published Sep 10, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 25, 20264d ago

2.9 CVSS 3.1

Low

Published Sep 10, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 25, 2026 4d ago

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the libopensc OpenPGP driver. A crafted USB device or smart card with malicious responses to the APDUs during the card enrollment process using the `pkcs15-init` tool may lead to out-of-bound rights, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Details

Base Score

2.9

Exploitability

0.4

Impact

2.5

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

User Interaction Required

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

22.7% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-122

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
opensc_project	opensc	*	any
redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0	any
redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	any
redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0	any

References 3

access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8443

Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310494

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.