CVE-2019-19479

An issue was discovered in OpenSC through 0.19.0 and 0.20.x through 0.20.0-rc3. libopensc/card-setcos.c has an incorrect read operation during parsing of a SETCOS file attribute.

Published: 2019-12-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-19479 is rated Low Risk (34.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.42%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-19479

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.10% 0.42% +0.33%
2 2026-05-29 0.04% 0.10% +0.05%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-19479

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-19479

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-19479

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-19479: 1 source package rows (opensc); 9 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-19479
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-19479 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (opensc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19479
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19479
suse medium CVE-2019-19479 severity moderate: SUSE including 21 source package names (libopensc2-0.11.6-5.27.9.1, libopensc2-32bit-0.11.6-5.27.9.1, …), 36 product×package rows across 27 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, … (27 product lines)): Fixed 35, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19479/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-19479 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (opensc), 18 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 12, ignored 2, needed 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19479

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-19479

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensc_project opensc <= 0.19.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensc_project:opensc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensc_project opensc 0.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensc_project:opensc:0.20.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensc_project opensc 0.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensc_project:opensc:0.20.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensc_project opensc 0.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensc_project:opensc:0.20.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-19479

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