FKIE_CVE-2026-40510

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-29 14:16 - Updated: 2026-07-21 12:10
Severity
3.8 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
OpenSC before 0.27.0-rc1, fixed in commit 3f24f0b, contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in piv_process_history() in src/libopensc/card-piv.c that allows physically present attackers to trigger memory corruption by presenting a crafted PIV smart card or USB device returning a URL field longer than 118 bytes in the Key History Object ASN.1 response.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/3f24f0b48a481a8cf2e46059d8238a283ddc1c13Patch
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/pull/3558Issue Tracking, Patch
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opensc-stack-buffer-overflow-via-piv-process-history-in-card-piv-cThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
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