Double Free in cURL - CVE-2021-22945

 

Double Free in cURL - CVE-2021-22945

Published: September 15, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU56610
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22945
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: curl.haxx.se
Affected software:
cURL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when sending data to an MQTT server. A remote attacker with ability to control libcurl input can trigger a double free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-22945

Install updates from vendor's website.

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