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A buffer overflow issue was discovered in the Yubico-Piv 1.5.0 smartcard driver

Published Aug 15, 2018

Description

A buffer overflow issue was discovered in the Yubico-Piv 1.5.0 smartcard driver. The file lib/ykpiv.c contains the following code in the function `ykpiv_transfer_data()`: {% highlight c %} if(*out_len + recv_len - 2 > max_out) { fprintf(stderr, "Output buffer to small, wanted to write %lu, max was %lu.", *out_len + recv_len - 2, max_out); } if(out_data) { memcpy(out_data, data, recv_len - 2); out_data += recv_len - 2; *out_len += recv_len - 2; } {% endhighlight %} -- it is clearly checked whether the buffer is big enough to hold the data copied using `memcpy()`, but no error handling happens to avoid the `memcpy()` in such cases. This code path can be triggered with malicious data coming from a smartcard.

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 15, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Aug 1, 2018
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
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