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CVE-2019-19481

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card...

4.6 MediumFix available

CVE-2019-19481 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Opensc Project Opensc, published December 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 15th percentile. Fixed in opensc 0.20.0-r0.

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.25%Down 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
CVE-2019-19481
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
CVE-2019-19481
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9101 No score

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
EUVD-2019-9101
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-99x7-636q-6hvj No score

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card...

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
GHSA-99x7-636q-6hvj
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-19481 4.6

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-19481
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-19481 4.6

CVE-2019-19481 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2019-19481
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 4.6

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
CVE-2019-19481
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-19481 4.6

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19481
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:4483 6.4

Red Hat Security Advisory: opensc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2020:4483
CVSS 3.1
6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-19481 4.6

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19481
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0026 No score

Updated opensc packages fix security vulnerability

Updated opensc packages fix security vulnerabilities:

sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC 0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call from eidenv (CVE-2019-6502).

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 (CVE-2019-15945).

OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Octet string in asn1_decode_entry in libopensc/asn1.c (CVE-2019-15946).

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-setcos.c has an incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute (CVE-2019-19479).

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/pkcs15-prkey.c has an incorrect free operation in sc_pkcs15_decode_prkdf_entry (CVE-2019-19480).

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-cac1.c mishandles buffer limits for CAC certificates (CVE-2019-19481).

The opensc package has been updated to version 0.20.0, which has fixes for these issues and other improvements.

Record
MGASA-2020-0026
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2022:1041-1 No score

Security update for opensc

This update for opensc fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2021-42780: Fixed use after return in insert_pin() (bsc#1192005).
  • CVE-2021-42779: Fixed use after free in sc_file_valid() (bsc#1191992).
  • CVE-2021-42781: Fixed multiple heap buffer overflows in pkcs15-oberthur.c (bsc#1192000).
  • CVE-2021-42782: Stack buffer overflow issues in various places (bsc#1191957).
  • CVE-2019-6502: Fixed a memory leak in sc_context_create() (bsc#1122756).
  • CVE-2020-26570: Fixed a heap based buffer overflow in sc_oberthur_read_file (bsc#1177364).
  • CVE-2020-26572: Prevent out of bounds write (bsc#1177378)
  • CVE-2020-26571: gemsafe GPK smart card software driver stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1177380)
  • CVE-2019-15946: out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Octet string in asn1_decode_entry (bsc#1149747)
  • CVE-2019-19479: incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute (bsc#1158256)
  • CVE-2019-15945: Fixed an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string (bsc#1149746).
  • CVE-2019-19481: Fixed an improper handling of buffer limits for CAC certificates (bsc#1158305).
  • CVE-2019-20792: Fixed a double free in coolkey_free_private_data (bsc#1170809).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixes segmentation fault in 'pkcs11-tool.c'. (bsc#1114649)
Record
SUSE-SU-2022:1041-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
opensc
Alpine:v3.11
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.12
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.13
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.14
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.15
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.16
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.17
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.18
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.19
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.20
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
opensc
Alpine:v3.21
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.22
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.23
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Alpine:v3.24
before 0.20.0-r0
0.20.0-r0
opensc
Debian:12
before 0.19.0~rc1-1
0.19.0~rc1-1
opensc
Debian:13
before 0.19.0~rc1-1
0.19.0~rc1-1
opensc
Debian:14
before 0.19.0~rc1-1
0.19.0~rc1-1
opensc
Mageia:7
before 0.20.0-1.mga7
0.20.0-1.mga7
opensc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 0:0.20.0-2.el8
0:0.20.0-2.el8
opensc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 0:0.20.0-2.el8
0:0.20.0-2.el8
opensc-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 0:0.20.0-2.el8
0:0.20.0-2.el8
opensc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
opensc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
opensc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
opensc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
0.18.0-150000.3.23.1
opensc
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.17.0-10.17.0-20.17.0-2build10.17.0-30.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm10.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm20.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3
None known

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03affected, aliases, referencesOSV
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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