CVE-2017-6414

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new function in card_7816.c in libcacard before 2.5.3 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via vectors related to allocating a new APDU object.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published3/15/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

libcacard_project:libcacard

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-772

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833(cve@mitre.org)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/?id=9113dc6a303604a2d9812ac70c17d076ef11886c(cve@mitre.org)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWS?id=aaa5251791bf0b1640afcba77a7d79ea23c42d53(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/?id=9113dc6a303604a2d9812ac70c17d076ef11886c(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWS?id=aaa5251791bf0b1640afcba77a7d79ea23c42d53(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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