# CVE-2018-16426: Endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc\_select\_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Endless recursion when handling responses from an IAS-ECC card in iasecc_select_file in libopensc/card-iasecc.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to hang or crash the opensc library using programs.

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## References

- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/commit/03628449b75a93787eb2359412a3980365dda49b#diff-f8c0128e14031ed9307d47f10f601b54
- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/releases/tag/0.19.0-rc1
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-002-OpenSC/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2154
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00009.html

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