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CVE-2019-15945

OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string...

6.4 MediumFix available

CVE-2019-15945 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Opensc Project Opensc, published September 5, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in opensc 0.20.0-r0.

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Down 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.4

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.

Record
CVE-2019-15945
CVSS 3.1
6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.4 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2019-15945
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6846 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2019-6846
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q94h-rrgw-hvcq No score

OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string...

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.

Record
GHSA-q94h-rrgw-hvcq
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-15945 6.4

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-15945
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
2026-11-03
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-15945 6.4

CVE-2019-15945 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2019-15945
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
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OSV 6.4

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.

Record
CVE-2019-15945
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
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-15945 6.4

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15945
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
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-2019-15945 6.4

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15945
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
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
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:0565-1 No score

Security update for opensc

This update for opensc fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-15945: Fixed an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string (bsc#1149746).
  • CVE-2019-15946: Fixed an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Octet string in asn1_decode_entry (bsc#1149747)
  • CVE-2019-19479: Fixed an incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute (bsc#1158256)
  • CVE-2019-19480: Fixed an improper free operation in sc_pkcs15_decode_prkdf_entry (bsc#1158307).
  • CVE-2019-20792: Fixed a double free in coolkey_free_private_data (bsc#1170809).
  • CVE-2020-26570: Fixed a buffer overflow in sc_oberthur_read_file (bsc#1177364).
  • CVE-2020-26571: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in gemsafe GPK smart card software driver (bsc#1177380)
  • CVE-2020-26572: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in tcos_decipher (bsc#1177378).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:0565-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11123-1 No score

opensc-0.21.0-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the opensc-0.21.0-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11123-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0998-1 No score

Security update for opensc

This update for opensc fixes the following issues:

  • 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-2019-15945: out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string (bsc#1149746)
  • CVE-2019-19479: incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute (bsc#1158256)
  • CVE-2020-26572: Prevent out of bounds write (bsc#1177378)
  • CVE-2020-26570: Fix buffer overflow in sc_oberthur_read_file (bsc#1177364)
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0998-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:1168-1 No score

Security update for opensc

This update for opensc fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-15945: Fixed an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string (bsc#1149746).
  • CVE-2019-15946: Fixed an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Octet string in asn1_decode_entry (bsc#1149747)
  • CVE-2019-19479: Fixed an incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute (bsc#1158256)
  • CVE-2019-19480: Fixed an improper free operation in sc_pkcs15_decode_prkdf_entry (bsc#1158307).
  • CVE-2019-20792: Fixed a double free in coolkey_free_private_data (bsc#1170809).
  • CVE-2020-26570: Fixed a buffer overflow in sc_oberthur_read_file (bsc#1177364).
  • CVE-2020-26571: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in gemsafe GPK smart card software driver (bsc#1177380)
  • CVE-2020-26572: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in tcos_decipher (bsc#1177378).
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:1168-1
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
OSVUSN-5281-1 No score

opensc vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some OpenSC smart card drivers mishandled memory when performing certain decoding operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-15945, CVE-2019-15946)

It was discovered that some OpenSC smart card drivers had buffer overflow vulnerabilities. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2020-26570, CVE-2020-26571, CVE-2020-26572)

Record
USN-5281-1
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 0.20.0-1
0.20.0-1
opensc
Debian:13
before 0.20.0-1
0.20.0-1
opensc
Debian:14
before 0.20.0-1
0.20.0-1
opensc
Debian:8
before 0.16.0-3+deb8u1, plus listed versions
0.14.0-20.15.0-10.16.0-10.16.0-20.16.0-30.16.0~rc1-10.16.0~rc2-1
0.16.0-3+deb8u1
opensc
Debian:9
before 0.16.0-3+deb9u2, plus listed versions
0.16.0-30.16.0-3+deb9u1
0.16.0-3+deb9u2
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 Server 12 SP5
before 0.13.0-3.11.1
0.13.0-3.11.1
opensc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
before 0.13.0-3.11.1
0.13.0-3.11.1
opensc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2
before 0.19.0-3.7.1
0.19.0-3.7.1
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:16.04:LTS
before 0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions
0.15.0-1ubuntu1
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
opensc
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
0.17.0-10.17.0-20.17.0-2build10.17.0-3
0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
opensc
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
0.19.0-20.20.0-10.20.0-20.20.0-3
0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
opensc
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
before 0.19.0-lp152.3.3.1
0.19.0-lp152.3.3.1
opensc
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 0.21.0-2.2
0.21.0-2.2

History

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

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