CVE-2017-6414

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

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

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-772
Published: 2017-03-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

libcacard_project:libcacard

References

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

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