CVE-2019-19481
An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card...
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
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 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openscAlpine:v3.11 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.12 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.13 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.14 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.15 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.16 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.17 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.18 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.19 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.20 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openscAlpine:v3.21 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.22 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.23 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscAlpine:v3.24 |
before 0.20.0-r0 | 0.20.0-r0 |
openscDebian:12 |
before 0.19.0~rc1-1 | 0.19.0~rc1-1 |
openscDebian:13 |
before 0.19.0~rc1-1 | 0.19.0~rc1-1 |
openscDebian:14 |
before 0.19.0~rc1-1 | 0.19.0~rc1-1 |
openscMageia:7 |
before 0.20.0-1.mga7 | 0.20.0-1.mga7 |
openscRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.20.0-2.el8 | 0:0.20.0-2.el8 |
opensc-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.20.0-2.el8 | 0:0.20.0-2.el8 |
opensc-debugsourceRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:0.20.0-2.el8 | 0:0.20.0-2.el8 |
openscSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS |
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 | 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 |
openscSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS |
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 | 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 |
openscSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS |
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 | 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 |
openscSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 |
before 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 | 0.18.0-150000.3.23.1 |
openscUbuntu: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
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | affected, aliases, references | OSV |
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/b75c002cfb1fd61cd20ec938ff4937d7b1a94278
bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=18618
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/29/1
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDSQLMZZYBHO5X3BK7D6E7E6NZIMZDI5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19481
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NDSQLMZZYBHO5X3BK7D6E7E6NZIMZDI5
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-99x7-636q-6hvj
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-19481
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2019-19481
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19481
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0026.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25975
github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.20.0
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4483
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/index
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765222
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765229
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1782519
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1782955
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1810660
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1830856
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1837946
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_4483.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15945
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15945
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15945
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15946
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15946
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15946
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19479
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19479
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19479
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19481
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19481
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20792
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20792
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20792
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221041-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1114649
bugzilla.suse.com/1122756
bugzilla.suse.com/1149746
bugzilla.suse.com/1149747
bugzilla.suse.com/1158256
bugzilla.suse.com/1158305
bugzilla.suse.com/1170809
bugzilla.suse.com/1177364
bugzilla.suse.com/1177378
bugzilla.suse.com/1177380
bugzilla.suse.com/1191957
bugzilla.suse.com/1191992
bugzilla.suse.com/1192000
bugzilla.suse.com/1192005
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15945
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15946
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19479
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19481
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20792
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6502
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26570
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26571
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26572
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42779
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42780
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42781
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42782
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19481