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CVE-2021-42779

A heap use after free issue was found in Opensc before version 0.22.0 in sc_file_valid.

A heap use after free issue was found in Opensc before version 0.22.0 in sc_file_valid.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00084
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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

3
opensc project opensc< 0.22.0
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD18 Apr 2022 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Vendor Advisories

5
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11613-1
msrcCVE-2021-42779
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:1156-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:1041-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2021:3582-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28843Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016086Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/1db88374PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00025.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-03Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html
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