CVE-2018-14779
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
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | yubico-piv-tool | 0, 1.0.1-1, 1.0.3-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | yubico-piv-tool | 0, 1.4.2-2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2018-03/ (circl)
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-001-Yubico-Piv/ (circl)
- [oss-security] 20180814 X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory X41-2018-001: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Yubico Piv (circl)
- USN-4276-1 (circl)
- Yubico PIV Tool 1.5.0 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (0day-today)
- Yubico PIV Tool 1.5.0 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (0day-today)
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
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14779 third-party-advisory
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-001-Yubico-Piv/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4276-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14779 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4846-1 vendor-advisory