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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade pcsc-lite. | Aug 30, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade pcsc-lite | Jan 6, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade pcsc-lite | Jan 10, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-apps/pcsc-lite. | Oct 30, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade pcsc-lite-libsUpgrade pcsc-lite | Dec 4, 2019 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade pcsc-liteUpgrade pcsc-lite-libs | Dec 18, 2019 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade pcsc-liteUpgrade pcsc-lite-libs | Dec 11, 2019 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/security/pcsc/pcsclite to version 1.8.14-0.175.3.17.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Jun 15, 2018 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade pcsc-liteUpgrade libpcscspy0Upgrade libpcsclite1Upgrade libpcsclite1-32bitUpgrade pcsc-lite-devel | Jan 18, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade pcscd | Jan 24, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 |
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