CVE-2017-6414
Moderate
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
March 15, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
93 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-6414
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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