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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16392

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a TCOS Card in tcos_select_file in libopensc/card-tcos.c 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.

Products
opensc
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.19.0~rc1-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-16392
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16392

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Sept 2018, 14:29 UTC

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from a TCOS Card in tcos_select_file in libopensc/card-tcos.c 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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16392

opensc

Fixed versions: 0.19.0~rc1-1

opensc

Fixed versions: 0.19.0~rc1-1

opensc

Fixed versions: 0.19.0~rc1-1

Complete source record
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