Description
A flaw has been found in OpenSC up to 0.27.1. The impacted element is the function setcos_construct_fci_44 of the file src/libopensc/card-setcos.c. Executing a manipulation of the argument type_attr can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. This patch is called ad730304052937c32b4eb489a06835ac6123632c. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
References7
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 4.0
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5.1
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 9 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-119CWE-121
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