CVE-2024-45618 (GCVE-0-2024-45618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-03 21:21 – Updated: 2025-11-07 00:29
VLAI
Title
Libopensc: uninitialized values after incorrect or missing checking return values of functions in pkcs15init
Summary
A vulnerability was found in pkcs15-init in OpenSC. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted response to APDUs. Insufficient or missing checking of return values of functions leads to unexpected work with variables that have not been initialized.
Severity
3.9 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309287 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-09-02 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Matteo Marini (Sapienza University of Rome) for reporting this issue.
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