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CVE-2017-1000231

Double Free

Published: Nov 17, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000231
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

A double-free vulnerability in parse.c in ldns 1.7.0 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ldns Nlnetlabs 1.7.0 (including) 1.7.0 (including)
Ldns Ubuntu artful *
Ldns Ubuntu devel *
Ldns Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Ldns Ubuntu trusty *
Ldns Ubuntu upstream *
Ldns Ubuntu xenial *
Ldns Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References

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