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CVE-2018-16420

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6 EPSS 0.69% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2018-16420
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.6
EPSS
0.69%

Original NVD Description

Several buffer overflows when handling responses from an ePass 2003 Card in decrypt_response in libopensc/card-epass2003.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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