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CVE-2017-6414 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/15/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 4.0
Exploitability Score: 2.0

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/?id=9113dc6a303604a2d9812ac70c17d076ef11886c Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWS?id=aaa5251791bf0b1640afcba77a7d79ea23c42d53 Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6414
NVD Published Date:
03/15/2017
NVD Last Modified:
01/04/2018