CVE catalog

CVE-2024-8443

OpenSC vulnerabilities

Severity: Low · CVSS 3.4CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published: Sep 4, 2024, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.35% · Oct 25, 2026

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the libopensc OpenPGP driver. A crafted USB device or smart card with malicious responses to the APDUs during the card enrollment process using the `pkcs15-init` tool may lead to out-of-bound rights, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	opensc	sid	`0.27.1-3`	fixed
Debian	opensc	forky	`0.27.1-3`	fixed
Debian	opensc	trixie	`0.26.1-2`	fixed
Debian	opensc	bookworm	`0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2`	fixed
Ubuntu	opensc	noble	`0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2`	fixed
Ubuntu	opensc	noble	`0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	opensc-pkcs11	noble	`0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	opensc	pro	`0.23.0-1ubuntu4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	opensc	pro	`0.24.0~rc1-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	opensc	pro	`0.25.0~rc1-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	opensc	pro	`0.25.0~rc1-1build1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	opensc	pro	`0.25.0~rc1-1build2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	opensc	pro	`0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	opensc	source	sid	`0.25.1-2.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1082853]
Debian	opensc	source	forky	`0.25.1-2.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1082853]
Debian	opensc	source	trixie	`0.25.1-2.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1082853]
Debian	opensc	source	bookworm	`0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1082853]
Ubuntu	opensc	deb	noble	`0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	opensc	deb	noble	`0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	opensc-pkcs11	deb	noble	`0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	opensc	deb	pro	`0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8443	Not reported

[Debian bug #1082853]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[opensc]Fixed
Details (2)
- 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2
  usn · opensc · debian · bookworm; usn · opensc · debian · 12
- 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2
  usn · opensc · debian · bookworm; usn · opensc · debian · 12
[opensc-pkcs11]Fixed
Source package: [opensc]
Details (2)
- 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2
  usn · opensc · debian · bookworm; usn · opensc · debian · 12
- 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2
  usn · opensc · debian · bookworm; usn · opensc · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[opensc]Fixed
Details (2)
- 0.26.1-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.25.1-2.1
  usn · opensc · debian · 13
- 0.26.1-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.25.1-2.1
  usn · opensc · debian · 13
[opensc-pkcs11]Fixed
Source package: [opensc]
Details (2)
- 0.26.1-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.25.1-2.1
  usn · opensc · debian · 13
- 0.26.1-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.25.1-2.1
  usn · opensc · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 2:15:14 AM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]