opensc: Infinite recusrion handling responses from IAS-ECC cards in card-iasecc.c:iasecc_select_file()
Published Sep 4, 2018
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.59%
Description
Endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to hang or crash the opensc library using programs.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.18.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
opensc-0:0.19.0-3.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2154
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
opensc
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | opensc-0:0.19.0-3.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2154 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | opensc | Not affected | n/a |
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
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- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.59% (0.00592) | 46.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.59% (0.00592) | 43.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.22% (0.00216) | 42.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00117) | 47.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00117) | 44.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00098) | 39.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 30.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16426 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1628044 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/03628449b75a93787eb2359412a3980365dda49b#diff-f8c0128e14031ed9307d47f10f601b54 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1 x_refsource_MISCPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16426
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16426
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16426 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1628044 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/03628449b75a93787eb2359412a3980365dda49b#diff-f8c0128e14031ed9307d47f10f601b54 | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1 | x_refsource_MISCPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16426 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16426 | ||
| https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory |
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