Memory leak in OpenSC - CVE-2019-6502
Published: January 24, 2019 / Updated: December 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17200
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6502
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSC
Affected software:
OpenSC
OpenSC
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc. A local user can trigger memory leak and perform denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6502
Install update from vendor's website.