CVE-2020-24388
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The...
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The function does not validate the embedded length field of a message received from the device. This could lead to an oversized memcpy() call that will crash the running process. This could be used by an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The function does not validate the embedded length field of a message received from the device. This could lead to an oversized memcpy() call that will crash the running process. This could be used by an attacker to cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2020-24388- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The function does not validate the embedded length field of a message received from the device. This could lead to an oversized memcpy() call that will crash the running process. This could be used by an attacker to cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2020-24388- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17120 No score
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The function does not validate the embedded length field of a message received from the device. This could lead to an oversized memcpy() call that will crash the running process. This could be used by an attacker to cause a denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17120- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rfxf-4r4p-5x86 No score
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The...
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The function does not validate the embedded length field of a message received from the device. This could lead to an oversized memcpy() call that will crash the running process. This could be used by an attacker to cause a denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-rfxf-4r4p-5x86- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in the _send_secure_msg() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The function does not validate the embedded length field of a message received from the device. This could lead to an oversized memcpy() call that will crash the running process. This could be used by an attacker to cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2020-24388- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24388 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Yubico Yubihsm-shell, published October 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.75%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/Yubico/yubihsm-shell
developers.yubico.com/yubihsm-shell
yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2020-06
blog.inhq.net/posts/yubico-libyubihsm-vuln
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y77KQJW76M3PFOBFLBT6DLH2NWHYRNZO
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24388