CVE-2010-4531: muscle pcsc-lite

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-4531 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability in muscle pcsc-lite. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-01-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3, and possibly other 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a smart card with an ATR message containing a long attribute value.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.