CVE-2010-4523

N/A Unknown
Published: January 07, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in libopensc in OpenSC 0.11.13 and earlier allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long serial-number field on a smart card, related to (1) card-acos5.c, (2) card-atrust-acos.c, and (3) card-starcos.c.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607427
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_opensc-get-serial-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052777.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052796.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42658
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42807
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/When-a-smart-card-can-root-your-computer-1154829.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:011
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45435
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0009
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0109
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/opensc/+bug/692483
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664831
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
https://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/changeset/4913
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607427
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_opensc-get-serial-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052777.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052796.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42658
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42807
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/When-a-smart-card-can-root-your-computer-1154829.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:011
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45435
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0009
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0109
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/opensc/+bug/692483
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664831
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/changeset/4913
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

38 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
54th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

opensc-project

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