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CVE-2018-16393

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16393 describes several buffer overflows in OpenSC versions prior to 0.19.0-rc1, specifically within the gemsafe_get_cert_len function when processing responses from Gemsafe V1 Smartcards. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with physical access to a crafted smartcard could trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensc_project:opensc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 1,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: opensc-0:0.19.0-3.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-16393Moderate

opensc: Buffer overflows handling responses from Gemsafe V1 Smartcards in pkcs15-gemsafeV1.c:gemsafe_get_cert_len()

Sep 12, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2154
github.com / OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/360e95d45ac4123255a4c796db96337f332160ad
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html
x41-dsec.de / lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC
ExploitThird Party Advisory