Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package opensc  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENSC-460124
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed4 Sept 2018

Introduced: 4 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

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

A double free when handling responses from an HSM Card in sc_pkcs15emu_sc_hsm_init in libopensc/pkcs15-sc-hsm.c in OpenSC before 0.19.0-rc1 could be used by attackers able to supply crafted smartcards to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.