Vigil@nce - PC/SC Lite: memory leak via SCardEstablishContextTH
June 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: user console.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 16/04/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a memory leak via SCardEstablishContextTH()
of PC/SC Lite, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/PC-SC-Lite-memory-leak-via-SCardEstablishContextTH-29041