CVE-2024-8443

Publication date 10 September 2024

Last updated 10 April 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

2.9 · Low

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
opensc 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Fixed 0.25.1-2ubuntu1.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.22.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm4
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 2.9 · Low
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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