High
Security advisory
sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC 0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call from eidenv.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-6502
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- 31 Oct 2026, 11:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC 0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call from eidenv.
osv:CVE-2019-6502
Complete source record
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