CVE-2017-6414
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.5.0-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.5.0-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.5.0-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.5.0-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.5.0-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libcacard_project | libcacard | {"endExcluding":"2.5.3"} | 2.5.3 |
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
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6414.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6414
CWEs
CWE-772
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