# CVE-2020-29362: An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21.

- Also known as: GHSA-5WPQ-43J2-6QWC
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-16 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21. A heap-based buffer over-read has been discovered in the RPC protocol used by thep11-kit server/remote commands and the client library. When the remote entity supplies a byte array through a serialized PKCS#11 function call, the receiving entity may allow the reading of up to 4 bytes of memory past the heap allocation.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/p11-glue/p11-kit/releases
- https://github.com/p11-glue/p11-kit/security/advisories/GHSA-5wpq-43j2-6qwc
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4822
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00002.html

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