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CVE-2016-10109

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10109 is a use-after-free vulnerability in pcsc-lite versions prior to 1.8.20, affecting Canonical and Muscle implementations. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service by manipulating the "cardsList" command after a handle has been released via SCardReleaseContext. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, leading to high availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low profile for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.8.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:muscle:pcsc-lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0404 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: pcsc-lite

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10109Moderate

pcsc-lite: Use-after-free of cardsList due to SCardReleaseContext invocations

Dec 30, 2016

References

lists.alioth.debian.org / pipermail/pcsclite-muscle/Week-of-Mon-20161226/000779.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
salsa.debian.org / rousseau/PCSC/-/commit/697fe05967af7ea215bcd5d5774be587780c9e22
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-01
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3752
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/03/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95263
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3176-1
Third Party Advisory