DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4531

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4531

    Published: 18 Jan 2011Last Modified: 18 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-4531

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4531

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pcsc-lite

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pcsc-lite?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.5-4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High