VulnerabilityModified

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.44%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.44% probability · 38th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-772
Affected: libcacard project/libcacard
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/?id=9113dc6a303604a2d9812ac70c17d076ef11886cPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWS?id=aaa5251791bf0b1640afcba77a7d79ea23c42d53Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/?id=9113dc6a303604a2d9812ac70c17d076ef11886cPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWS?id=aaa5251791bf0b1640afcba77a7d79ea23c42d53Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.