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CVE-2024-45618

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Description

A vulnerability was found in pkcs15-init in OpenSC. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted response to APDUs. Insufficient or missing checking of return values of functions leads to unexpected work with variables that have not been initialized.

Severity
LOW
CVSS score
3.9 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2024-09-03 22:15:05.313000
Last modified
2026-11-06 15:17:02.360000
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