CVE-2023-2977
opensc: buffer overrun vulnerability in pkcs15 cardos_have_verifyrc_package
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 30, 2023
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in OpenSC. This issue causes a buffer overrun in the pkcs15 cardos_have_verifyrc_package. This flaw allows an attacker to supply a smart card package with a malformed ASN1 context. The cardos_have_verifyrc_package function scans the ASN1 buffer for two tags, where the remaining length is wrongly calculated due to a moved starting pointer, leading to a possible heap-based buffer out-of-bounds read. In cases where ASN is enabled while compiling, this problem causes a crash, and further information leaks or more damage is likely.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer