CVE-2019-15945
OpenSC before 0.20.0-rc1 has an out-of-bounds access of an ASN.1 Bitstring in decode_bit_string...
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
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 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 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-2019-15945
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 Medium
CVSS: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
| 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 0.20.0-1 | 0.20.0-1 |
openscDebian:13 |
before 0.20.0-1 | 0.20.0-1 |
openscDebian:14 |
before 0.20.0-1 | 0.20.0-1 |
openscDebian: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 |
openscDebian:9 |
before 0.16.0-3+deb9u2, plus listed versions 0.16.0-30.16.0-3+deb9u1 |
0.16.0-3+deb9u2 |
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 Server 12 SP5 |
before 0.13.0-3.11.1 | 0.13.0-3.11.1 |
openscSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
before 0.13.0-3.11.1 | 0.13.0-3.11.1 |
openscSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 |
before 0.19.0-3.7.1 | 0.19.0-3.7.1 |
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:16.04:LTS |
before 0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions 0.15.0-1ubuntu1 |
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
openscUbuntu: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 |
openscUbuntu: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 |
openscopenSUSE:Leap 15.2 |
before 0.19.0-lp152.3.3.1 | 0.19.0-lp152.3.3.1 |
openscopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 0.21.0-2.2 | 0.21.0-2.2 |
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/412a6142c27a5973c61ba540e33cdc22d5608e68
github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/compare/f1691fc...12218d4
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/29/1
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDSQLMZZYBHO5X3BK7D6E7E6NZIMZDI5
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00027.html
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15945
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NDSQLMZZYBHO5X3BK7D6E7E6NZIMZDI5
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q94h-rrgw-hvcq
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15945
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
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1830856
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cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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/2021/suse-su-20210998-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1149746
bugzilla.suse.com/1149747
bugzilla.suse.com/1158256
bugzilla.suse.com/1177364
bugzilla.suse.com/1177378
bugzilla.suse.com/1177380
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-2020-26570
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26571
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26572
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211168-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1158307
bugzilla.suse.com/1170809
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19480
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20792
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221041-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1114649
bugzilla.suse.com/1122756
bugzilla.suse.com/1158305
bugzilla.suse.com/1191957
bugzilla.suse.com/1191992
bugzilla.suse.com/1192000
bugzilla.suse.com/1192005
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19481
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6502
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-2019-15945
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5281-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15946
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26570
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26571
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26572
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/JELZKRVEJGYE74DM3GTNHNTVZBQHK5DJ
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2235
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16391
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16392
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16393
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16418
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16419
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16420
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16421
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16422
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16423
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16424
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16425
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16426
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16427