CVE-2024-45620

Publication date 3 September 2024

Last updated 10 April 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.9 · Low

Score breakdown

A vulnerability was found in the pkcs15-init tool in OpenSC. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted response to APDUs. When buffers are partially filled with data, initialized parts of the buffer can be incorrectly accessed.

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
Fixed 0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm2

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.9 · Low
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L