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CVE-2017-5334

Double Free

Published: Mar 24, 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
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5334
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

Double free vulnerability in the gnutls_x509_ext_import_proxy function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via crafted policy language information in an X.509 certificate with a Proxy Certificate Information extension.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LeapOpensuse42.1 (including)42.1 (including)
LeapOpensuse42.2 (including)42.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatgnutls-0:3.3.26-9.el7*
Gnutls28Ubuntuartful*
Gnutls28Ubuntubionic*
Gnutls28Ubuntucosmic*
Gnutls28Ubuntudevel*
Gnutls28Ubuntudisco*
Gnutls28Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Gnutls28Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Gnutls28Ubuntuprecise*
Gnutls28Ubuntutrusty*
Gnutls28Ubuntuupstream*
Gnutls28Ubuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
Gnutls28Ubuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
Gnutls28Ubuntuxenial*
Gnutls28Ubuntuyakkety*
Gnutls28Ubuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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