# CVE-2018-14780: An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the Yubico-Piv 1.5.0 smartcard driver.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-15 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the Yubico-Piv 1.5.0 smartcard driver. The file lib/ykpiv.c contains the following code in the function `_ykpiv_fetch_object()`: {% highlight c %} if(sw == SW_SUCCESS) { size_t outlen; int offs = _ykpiv_get_length(data + 1, &outlen); if(offs == 0) { return YKPIV_SIZE_ERROR; } memmove(data, data + 1 + offs, outlen); *len = outlen; return YKPIV_OK; } else { return YKPIV_GENERIC_ERROR; } {% endhighlight %} -- in the end, a `memmove()` occurs with a length retrieved from APDU data. This length is not checked for whether it is outside of the APDU data retrieved. Therefore the `memmove()` could copy bytes behind the allocated data buffer into this buffer.

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## References

- https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2018-03/
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-001-Yubico-Piv/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/14/2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4276-1/

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