Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-6414
CVE-2017-6414
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408nvdThird Party Advisory
- cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWSnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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