CVE-2009-1603
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
src/tools/pkcs11-tool.c in pkcs11-tool in OpenSC 0.11.7, when used with unspecified third-party PKCS#11 modules, generates RSA keys with incorrect public exponents, which allows attackers to read the cleartext form of messages that were intended to be encrypted.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-312
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1598)
- Published
- May 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1598 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- opensc-project / opensc
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35035(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35293(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35309(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36074(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:123(Broken Link)
- http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2009-May/000025.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/08/1(Mailing List, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1295(Broken Link)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00095.html(Mailing List)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00097.html(Mailing List)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01420.html(Mailing List)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01432.html(Mailing List)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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