HIGH
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
Published Jan 7, 2011
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.86%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 0.11.13
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.5
- 0.4.0
- 0.5.0
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.7.0
- 0.8
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.0.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.9
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.1
- 0.11.2
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.4
- 0.11.5
- 0.11.6
- 0.11.7
- 0.11.8
- 0.11.9
- 0.11.10
- 0.11.11
- 0.11.12
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.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.86% 0.00862
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00862
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.86% (0.00862) | 57.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.86% (0.00862) | 53.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 47.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00214) | 60.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00238) | 61.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00215) | 57.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (19)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607427 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_opensc-get-serial-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052777.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052796.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42658 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42807 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/When-a-smart-card-can-root-your-computer-1154829.html x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:011 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45435 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0009 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0109 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/opensc/+bug/692483 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664831 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/changeset/4913 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 7, 2011
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 9, 2010
Link CVE-2010-4523
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a