p11-kit — security advisory
An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21. A heap-based buffer over-read has been discovered in the RPC protocol used by thep11-kit server/remote commands and the client library. When the remote entity supplies a byte array through a serialized PKCS#11 function call, the receiving entity may allow the reading of up to 4 bytes of memory past the heap allocation.
- Products
- p11-kit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.23.22-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-29362
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21. A heap-based buffer over-read has been discovered in the RPC protocol used by thep11-kit server/remote commands and the client library. When the remote entity supplies a byte array through a serialized PKCS#11 function call, the receiving entity may allow the reading of up to 4 bytes of memory past the heap allocation.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29362
p11-kit
Fixed versions: 0.23.22-1
p11-kit
Fixed versions: 0.23.22-1
p11-kit
Fixed versions: 0.23.22-1
Complete source record
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