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ubuntu-cve-2017-6414

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-03-15 14:59

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6414	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6414	REPORT

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CVE-2017-6414 (GCVE-0-2017-6414)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-15 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427833	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/comm…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2017-03-01 00:00

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-6414 (GCVE-0-2017-6414)

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