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CVE-2010-4531

Published: Jan 18, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
4.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR) Handler (atrhandler.c) for pcscd in PCSC-Lite 1.5.3, and possibly other 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a smart card with an ATR message containing a long attribute value.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

muscle
oss-projectaka pcsc-lite
pcsc-liteMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607781
bugs.debian.org
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_pcsc-atr-handler-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf
labs.mwrinfosecurity.com
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-cvs-commit/2010-November/004923.html
lists.alioth.debian.org
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