CVE-2010-4531
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4499)
- Published
- January 18, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4499 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- muscle / pcsc-lite
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607781(Patch)
- http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_pcsc-atr-handler-buffer-overflow_2010-12-13.pdf(Patch)
- http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-cvs-commit/2010-November/004923.html(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053079.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053095.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42912(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43112
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2156
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:015
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/7(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/3(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45450
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3264(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0101(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0180
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0256
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4531(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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