Is CVE-2024-45618 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-45618 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-45618?

CVE-2024-45618 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.9 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-45618?

CVE-2024-45618 has an EPSS score of 0.29% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-45618?

Upgrade opensc on debian 11 to 0.21.0-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-45618

LOW

3.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in pkcs15-init in OpenSC. An attacker could use a crafted USB Device or Smart Card, which would present the system with a specially crafted response to APDUs. Insufficient or missing checking of return values of functions leads to unexpected work with variables that have not been initialized.

CWE-457 CWE-908

How to fix

Remediation Available

openscDebian

Fixed in:0.21.0-1+deb11u1CVE-2024-45618

Fixed in:0.23.0-0.3+deb12u2CVE-2024-45618

Fixed in:0.25.1-2.1CVE-2024-45618

openscUbuntu

Fixed in:0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm4USN-7346-3

Fixed in:0.22.0-1ubuntu2+esm1USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7346-1

opensc-pkcs11Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm4USN-7346-3

Fixed in:0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.22.0-1ubuntu2+esm1USN-7346-1

Fixed in:0.25.0~rc1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7346-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references1

lists.debian.org

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