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CVE-2010-4531 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607781	CVE	Patch
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_pcsc-atr-handler-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf	CVE	Patch
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-cvs-commit/2010-November/004923.html	CVE	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053079.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053095.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4531	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42912	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43112	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2156	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:015	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/7	CVE	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/3	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45450	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3264	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0101	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0180	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0256	CVE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607781	[email protected]	Patch
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_pcsc-atr-handler-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-cvs-commit/2010-November/004923.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053079.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053095.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4531	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42912	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43112	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2156	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:015	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/7	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/3	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45450	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3264	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0101	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0180	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0256	[email protected]

see all 34 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
muscle pcsc-lite	1.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.5.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 18, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]