VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10109
Use-after-free vulnerability in pcsc-lite before 1.8.20 allows a remote attackers to cause denial of service (crash) via a command that uses "cardsList" after the handle has been released through the SCardReleaseContext function.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.04%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in pcsc-lite before 1.8.20 allows a remote attackers to cause denial of service (crash) via a command that uses "cardsList" after the handle has been released through the SCardReleaseContext function.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.04% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- muscle/pcsc-lite · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3752
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/03/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95263
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3176-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-muscle/Week-of-Mon-20161226/000779.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://salsa.debian.org/rousseau/PCSC/-/commit/697fe05967af7ea215bcd5d5774be587780c9e22
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-01
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3752
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/03/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95263
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3176-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-muscle/Week-of-Mon-20161226/000779.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://salsa.debian.org/rousseau/PCSC/-/commit/697fe05967af7ea215bcd5d5774be587780c9e22
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-01
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.