CVE-2025-66038 (GCVE-0-2025-66038)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-30 17:03
Modified
2026-04-01 18:15
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-126 - Buffer Over-read
Summary
OpenSC is an open source smart card tools and middleware. Prior to version 0.27.0, sc_compacttlv_find_tag searches a compact-TLV buffer for a given tag. In compact-TLV, a single byte encodes the tag (high nibble) and value length (low nibble). With a 1-byte buffer {0x0A}, the encoded element claims tag=0 and length=10 but no value bytes follow. Calling sc_compacttlv_find_tag with search tag 0x00 returns a pointer equal to buf+1 and outlen=10 without verifying that the claimed value length fits within the remaining buffer. In cases where the sc_compacttlv_find_tag is provided untrusted data (such as being read from cards/files), attackers may be able to influence it to return out-of-bounds pointers leading to downstream memory corruption when subsequent code tries to dereference the pointer. This issue has been patched in version 0.27.0.
References
| URL | Tags | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2025-66038",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "poc"
},
{
"Automatable": "no"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "partial"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2026-04-01T18:15:18.318069Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-04-01T18:15:33.347Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "OpenSC",
"vendor": "OpenSC",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "\u003c 0.27.0"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "OpenSC is an open source smart card tools and middleware. Prior to version 0.27.0, sc_compacttlv_find_tag searches a compact-TLV buffer for a given tag. In compact-TLV, a single byte encodes the tag (high nibble) and value length (low nibble). With a 1-byte buffer {0x0A}, the encoded element claims tag=0 and length=10 but no value bytes follow. Calling sc_compacttlv_find_tag with search tag 0x00 returns a pointer equal to buf+1 and outlen=10 without verifying that the claimed value length fits within the remaining buffer. In cases where the sc_compacttlv_find_tag is provided untrusted data (such as being read from cards/files), attackers may be able to influence it to return out-of-bounds pointers leading to downstream memory corruption when subsequent code tries to dereference the pointer. This issue has been patched in version 0.27.0."
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "PHYSICAL",
"availabilityImpact": "LOW",
"baseScore": 3.9,
"baseSeverity": "LOW",
"confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
"integrityImpact": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"version": "3.1"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-126",
"description": "CWE-126: Buffer Over-read",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-03-30T17:03:55.914Z",
"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
"shortName": "GitHub_M"
},
"references": [
{
"name": "https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/security/advisories/GHSA-72x5-fwjx-2459",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM"
],
"url": "https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/security/advisories/GHSA-72x5-fwjx-2459"
},
{
"name": "https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/6db171bcb6fd7cb3b51098fefbb3b28e44f0a79c",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/6db171bcb6fd7cb3b51098fefbb3b28e44f0a79c"
},
{
"name": "https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/CVE-2025-66038",
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/CVE-2025-66038"
}
],
"source": {
"advisory": "GHSA-72x5-fwjx-2459",
"discovery": "UNKNOWN"
},
"title": "OpenSC: `sc_compacttlv_find_tag` can return out-of-bounds pointers"
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
"assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
"cveId": "CVE-2025-66038",
"datePublished": "2026-03-30T17:03:55.914Z",
"dateReserved": "2025-11-21T01:08:02.615Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-04-01T18:15:33.347Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}
Loading…
Loading…
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Loading…
Loading…