6.6
MEDIUM CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-16424
OpenSC DoS - Double Free in eGK Card Tool
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 4, 2018, 12:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:52 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16424 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensc-project opensc
1 Opensc_project opensc
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
The OpenSC packages are vulnerable to a double free issue.
  • Update the affected OpenSC packages.
  • Upgrade the OpenSC packages.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16424 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16424 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16424 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16424 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-476b3b2a03c4eef331b4b0bfece4b063
    Added Reference https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
    Added Reference https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/ No Types Assigned https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1 Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-476b3b2a03c4eef331b4b0bfece4b063 No Types Assigned https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-476b3b2a03c4eef331b4b0bfece4b063 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-415
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:opensc_project:opensc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.18.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.6
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.6
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} -0.01%

score

0.40188

percentile