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CVE-2026-48065: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in mcdope pam_usb

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-48065cvecve-2026-48065cwe-122cwe-190
Published: Wed May 27 2026 (05/27/2026, 19:58:36 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: mcdope
Product: pam_usb

Description

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/conf.c allocates heap memory proportional to n_devices, a count derived from libxml2 XPath evaluation of the config file, without first enforcing an upper bound. On 32-bit targets (armv7l, i686 -- both listed in the project Makefile), the multiplication n_devices * sizeof(t_pusb_device) wraps around size_t, causing xmalloc() to receive a very small size. Because xmalloc() only calls abort() on NULL return, a small-but-non-NULL allocation is accepted, and subsequent array writes overflow the heap. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.

CVSS v3.1

Score 6.7medium

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-05-20T18:25:25.707Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a17519de29bf47b50e771b7

Added to database: 5/27/2026, 8:18:37 PM

Last updated: 5/27/2026, 8:19:31 PM

Views: 1

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