CVE-2024-8443

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the libopensc OpenPGP driver. A crafted USB device or smart card with malicious responses to the APDUs during the card enrollment process using the `pkcs15-init` tool may lead to out-of-bound rights, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution.

CVSS v3 2.9 LOW

2.9^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.4 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8443	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310494	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (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:::::::*

History

03 Nov 2025, 23:17

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Information

Published : 2024-09-10 14:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 23:17

NVD link : CVE-2024-8443

Mitre link : CVE-2024-8443

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-8443

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

opensc_project

opensc

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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