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CVE-2018-14779

CVE-2018-14779 PUBLISHED

A buffer overflow issue was discovered in the Yubico-Piv 1.5.0 smartcard driver. The file lib/ykpiv.c contains the following code in the function `ykpiv_transfer_data()`: {% highlight c %} if(*out_len + recv_len - 2 > max_out) { fprintf(stderr, "Output buffer to small, wanted to write %lu, max was %lu.", *out_len + recv_len - 2, max_out); } if(out_data) { memcpy(out_data, data, recv_len - 2); out_data += recv_len - 2; *out_len += recv_len - 2; } {% endhighlight %} -- it is clearly checked whether the buffer is big enough to hold the data copied using `memcpy()`, but no error handling happens to avoid the `memcpy()` in such cases. This code path can be triggered with malicious data coming from a smartcard.

EPSS 0.15% · 35.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.15%
35.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSyubico-piv-tool0, 1.0.1-1, 1.0.3-1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSyubico-piv-tool0, 1.4.2-2

Timeline

  • Aug 15, 2018 CVE Published
  • Aug 16, 2018 PoC Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
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  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
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