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Unscored USN-3176-1 1 CVE

pcsc-lite vulnerability

Published Jan 23, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Peter Wu discovered that the PC/SC service did not correctly handle certain
resources. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PC/SC to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with
root privileges.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS pcsc-lite 1.8.10-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS pcsc-lite 1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10109