Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pcsc-lite  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1504-PCSCLITE-324815
  • published23 Feb 2017
  • disclosed23 Feb 2017

Introduced: 23 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-10109  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcsc-lite package and not the pcsc-lite package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.