Memory Leak The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package opensc  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU2010-OPENSC-1030442
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed22 Jan 2019

Introduced: 22 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6502  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

NVD Description

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

sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC 0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call from eidenv.