CVE catalog
CVE-2017-6414
libcacard: CVE-2017-6414
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.44% · Oct 25, 2026
Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new function in card_7816.c in libcacard before 2.5.3 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via vectors related to allocating a new APDU object.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libcacard | sid | 1:2.8.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | libcacard | forky | 1:2.8.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | libcacard | trixie | 1:2.8.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | libcacard | bookworm | 1:2.8.0-3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libcacard | 16.04 | 1:2.5.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Suse | xen | openstack cloud 5 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | fixed |
| Suse | xen | manager 2.1 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | fixed |
| Suse | xen | manager proxy 2.1 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | fixed |
| Suse | xen | linux enterprise point of sale 11 sp3 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | fixed |
| Suse | xen | linux enterprise server 11 sp3-ltss | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libcacard | source | sid | 1:2.5.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [856501] |
| Debian | libcacard | source | forky | 1:2.5.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [856501] |
| Debian | libcacard | source | trixie | 1:2.5.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [856501] |
| Debian | libcacard | source | bookworm | 1:2.5.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [856501] |
| Suse | xen | rpm | openstack cloud 5 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | xen | rpm | manager 2.1 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | xen | rpm | manager proxy 2.1 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | xen | rpm | linux enterprise point of sale 11 sp3 | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | xen | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp3-ltss | 4.2.5_21-38.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libcacard0]Unknown
Source package: [libcacard]
Details (2)
1:2.8.0-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · bookworm; dsa · libcacard · debian · 12
1:2.8.0-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · bookworm; dsa · libcacard · debian · 12
- [libcacard-dev]Unknown
Source package: [libcacard]
Details (2)
1:2.8.0-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · bookworm; dsa · libcacard · debian · 12
1:2.8.0-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · bookworm; dsa · libcacard · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libcacard0]Unknown
Source package: [libcacard]
Details (2)
1:2.8.0-3+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · 13
1:2.8.0-3+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · 13
- [libcacard-dev]Unknown
Source package: [libcacard]
Details (2)
1:2.8.0-3+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · 13
1:2.8.0-3+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.0-3dsa · libcacard · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_1058-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6414]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6414]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6414]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-6414.json]
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