CVE-2016-10109

Publication date 31 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pcsc-lite	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.8.14-1ubuntu2
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.8.10-1ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.7.4-2ubuntu2.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pcsc-lite	Upstream: ?id=697 Upstream: ?id=3aa

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3176-1
PCSC-Lite vulnerability
23 January 2017