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.
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3176-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/03/3
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-01
https://salsa.debian.org/rousseau/PCSC/-/commit/697fe05967af7ea215bcd5d5774be587780c9e22
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-muscle/Week-of-Mon-20161226/000779.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95263
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3752
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2017-02-23
Updated: 2025-04-20
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.02451