opensc: insecure public exponent in opensc 0.11.7
Published May 11, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.09%
Description
src/tools/pkcs11-tool.c in pkcs11-tool in OpenSC 0.11.7, when used with unspecified third-party PKCS#11 modules, generates RSA keys with incorrect public exponents, which allows attackers to read the cleartext form of messages that were intended to be encrypted.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.11.7
Configuration 2
- 9
- 10
- 11
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.09% (0.01091) | 64.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.09% (0.01091) | 60.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 69.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00430) | 75.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00430) | 73.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00496) | 75.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00496) | 72.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35035 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35293 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35309 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36074 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:123 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2009-May/000025.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTBroken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/08/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1295 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1603 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499862 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1603
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1603
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00095.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00097.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01420.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01432.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
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