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title: "CVE-2010-4530\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-4530

Publication date 18 January 2011

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Signedness error in ccid\_serial.c in libccid in the USB Chip/Smart Card
Interface Devices (CCID) driver, as used in pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3 and
possibly other products, allows physically proximate attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a smart card with a crafted serial number that causes a
negative value to be used in a memcpy operation, which triggers a buffer
overflow. NOTE: some sources refer to this issue as an integer overflow.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ccid | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4530)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4530)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4530)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4530)

### Other references

* <http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_pcsc-libccid-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4530>