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CVE-2015-5177

Double Free

Published: Oct 22, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5177
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

Double free vulnerability in the SLPDKnownDAAdd function in slpd/slpd_knownda.c in OpenSLP 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted package.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openslp Openslp 1.2.1 (including) 1.2.1 (including)
Openslp-dfsg Ubuntu devel *
Openslp-dfsg Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Openslp-dfsg Ubuntu precise *
Openslp-dfsg Ubuntu trusty *
Openslp-dfsg Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Openslp-dfsg Ubuntu upstream *
Openslp-dfsg Ubuntu vivid *

Potential Mitigations

References

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