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TI-2009-04657 Aliases CVE-2009-4901GHSA-39fc-256h-c8gf

The MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscard_svc.c in the PC/SC Smart Card daemon (aka…

Priority LOW 11CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscard_svc.c in the PC/SC Smart Card daemon (aka PCSCD) in MUSCLE PCSC-Lite before 1.5.4 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted SCARD_SET_ATTRIB message data, which is improperly demarshalled and triggers a buffer over-read, a related issue to CVE-2010-0407.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00385 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 35

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.5.3VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2 beta2VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2 beta3VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2 beta4VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2 beta5VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0 rc1VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0 rc2VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0 rc3VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta1VulnerableMuscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.5.3 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 beta2 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 beta3 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 beta4 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.1.2:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 beta5 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 rc3 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta1 Vulnerable ·Muscle
Show 25 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta10VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta2VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta3VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta4VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta5VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta6VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta7VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta8VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9 beta9VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.0VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.1VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.2VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.3VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.99VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.100VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.101:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.101VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.102:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.102VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.1VulnerableMuscle
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.2VulnerableMuscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta10 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta2 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta3 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta4 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta5 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta6 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta7 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta8 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.2.9:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 beta9 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.0 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.1 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.2 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.3 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.99 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.100 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.101:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.101 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.4.102:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.102 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·Muscle
  • cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.2 Vulnerable ·Muscle

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2010:0602 Released 2010-08-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 security update
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS ant-1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, avalon-logkit-1.2-2jpp_4rh, axis-1.2.1-1jpp_3rh +39
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ES ant-1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, avalon-logkit-1.2-2jpp_4rh, axis-1.2.1-1jpp_3rh +39
  • RHSA-2010:0533 Released 2010-07-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    pcsc-lite security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5, pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386, pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5, pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386, pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) pcsc-lite-1.4.4-4.el5_5, pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5, pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-4.el5_5.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ASFixed RHSA-2010:0602
Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ESFixed RHSA-2010:0602
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2010:0533
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0533
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0533

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4901
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-39fc-256h-c8gf

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 2

  • TI-2016-08188 Use-after-free vulnerability in pcsc-lite before 1.8.20 allows a remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-00386 Multiple buffer overflows in the MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscard_svc.c in the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2009-04658 Buffer overflow in the MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscard_svc.c in the PC/SC… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2010-04261 Stack-based buffer overflow in the ATRDecodeAtr function in the Answer-to-Reset (ATR)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4
  • TI-2010-04260 Signedness error in ccid_serial.c in libccid in the USB Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4

Sources

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