CVE-2017-6414

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-03-15

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-772

Affected products

• Libcacard (Libcacard Project)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/?id=9113dc6a303604a2d9812ac70c17d076ef11886c
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWS?id=aaa5251791bf0b1640afcba77a7d79ea23c42d53