CVE-2016-10109

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-12-30
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
1410074: CVE-2016-10109 pcsc-lite: Use-after-free of cardsList due to SCardReleaseContext invocations

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Use-after-free vulnerability in pcsc-lite before 1.8.20 allows a remote attackers to cause denial of service (crash) via a command that uses "cardsList" after the handle has been released through the SCardReleaseContext function.

Find out more about CVE-2016-10109 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pcsc-lite Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pcsc-lite Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pcsc-lite Not affected

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