CVE-2018-14779

MEDIUM

Yubico PIV Manager < 1.4.2 - Buffer Overflow in ykpiv_transfer_data

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A buffer overflow 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_transfer_data()`: {% highlight c %} if(*out_len + recv_len - 2 > max_out) { fprintf(stderr, "Output buffer to small, wanted to write %lu, max was %lu.", *out_len + recv_len - 2, max_out); } if(out_data) { memcpy(out_data, data, recv_len - 2); out_data += recv_len - 2; *out_len += recv_len - 2; } {% endhighlight %} -- it is clearly checked whether the buffer is big enough to hold the data copied using `memcpy()`, but no error handling happens to avoid the `memcpy()` in such cases. This code path can be triggered with malicious data coming from a smartcard.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/14/2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4276-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 38.2%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-787
Status published
Products (10)
yubico/piv_manager 1.4.2
yubico/piv_manager 1.4.2b
yubico/piv_manager 1.4.2c
yubico/piv_manager 1.4.2d
yubico/piv_manager 1.4.2e
yubico/piv_manager 1.4.2f
yubico/piv_manager 1.4.2g
yubico/piv_manager < 1.4.2
yubico/piv_tool < 1.6.0
yubico/smart_card_minidriver < 3.7.3.160
Published Aug 15, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026