CVE-2021-42779

Summary

CVECVE-2021-42779
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-18 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-21 02:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap use after free issue was found in Opensc before version 0.22.0 in sc_file_valid.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Opensc Project Opensc All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oberthur: Correctly check for return values · OpenSC/OpenSC@1db8837 · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3463-1] opensc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
28843 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
2016086 – (CVE-2021-42779) CVE-2021-42779 opensc: Heap use after free in sc_file_valid MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
OpenSC: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 184753 Debian Security Update for opensc (CVE-2021-42779)
  • 355552 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for opensc : ALAS2-2023-2102
  • 357244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for opensc : ALAS2023-2024-534
  • 6000071 Debian Security Update for opensc (DLA 3463-1)
  • 710618 Gentoo Linux OpenSC Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-03)
  • 751293 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for opensc (SUSE-SU-2021:3582-1)
  • 751951 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for opensc (SUSE-SU-2022:1041-1)
  • 752023 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for opensc (SUSE-SU-2022:1156-1)
  • 901442 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for opensc (9482)
  • 902285 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for opensc (9482-1)
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