CVE-2018-16424

MediumCVSS 6.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A double free when handling responses in read_file in tools/egk-tool.c (aka the eGK card tool) in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-415

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-476b3b2a03c4eef331b4b0bfece4b063Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad#diff-476b3b2a03c4eef331b4b0bfece4b063Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 4, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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