CVE-2021-22945
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.1 · Double free
9.1CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
When sending data to an MQTT server, libcurl <= 7.73.0 and 7.78.0 could in some circumstances erroneously keep a pointer to an already freed memory area and both use that again in a subsequent call to send data and also free it *again*.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1269242Patch
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APOAK4X73EJTAPTSVT7IRVDMUWVXNWGD/Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWLEC6YVEM2HWUBX67SDGPSY4CQB72OE/Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0003/Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183Advisory