UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16427

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16427
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16427.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16427
Upstream
Published
2018-09-04T00:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:00Z
Severity
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Various out of bounds reads when handling responses in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to potentially crash the opensc library using programs.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / opensc

Package

Name
opensc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/opensc@0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.15.0-1ubuntu1
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm2
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "opensc",
            "binary_version": "0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "opensc-pkcs11",
            "binary_version": "0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16427.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / opensc

Package

Name
opensc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/opensc@0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.17.0-1
0.17.0-2
0.17.0-2build1
0.17.0-3
0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "opensc",
            "binary_version": "0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "opensc-pkcs11",
            "binary_version": "0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16427.json"