Submit #956910: OpenSC >= 0.12.2 up to and including 0.27.1 (latest release, unfixed; fix approved in PR #3812, pending merge) Buffer Overflow (stack, CWE-121)info

TitleOpenSC >= 0.12.2 up to and including 0.27.1 (latest release, unfixed; fix approved in PR #3812, pending merge) Buffer Overflow (stack, CWE-121)
DescriptionIn src/libopensc/card-setcos.c, setcos_construct_fci_44() copies file->type_attr, sec_attr and prop_attr into a fixed 64-byte stack buffer without length validation. Attributes longer than 64 bytes (e.g. from a malicious smart card or corrupted profile) cause a stack buffer overflow write, confirmed with AddressSanitizer via the fuzz_pkcs15init harness. All versions from 0.12.2 through 0.27.1 (latest release) are affected. The fix has been approved by the OpenSC maintainer and is pending merge (https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/pull/3812).
Source⚠️ https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/pull/3812
User
 zzxzzb (UID 95450)
Submission09/02/2026 13:09 (28 days ago)
Moderation09/30/2026 21:06 (28 days later)
StatusAccepted
VulDB entry412343 [OpenSC up to 0.27.1 card-setcos.c setcos_construct_fci_44 type_attr stack-based overflow]
Points20

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