CVE-2024-45620

A vulnerability was found in the pkcs15-init tool 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. When buffers are partially filled with data, initialized parts of the buffer can be incorrectly accessed.

CVSS v3 3.9 LOW

3.9^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45620	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309289	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:opensc_project:opensc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Nov 2025, 23:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html -

Information

Published : 2024-09-03 22:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 23:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-45620

Mitre link : CVE-2024-45620

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-45620

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

opensc_project

opensc

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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