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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-15945

OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string in libopensc/asn1.c.

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CVE-2019-15945
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31 Oct 2026, 12:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-15945

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Sept 2019, 17:15 UTC

OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string in libopensc/asn1.c.

osv:CVE-2019-15945
Complete source record
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