CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-34312

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

Published: Jun 01, 2023 | Modified: Jun 08, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In Tencent QQ through 9.7.8.29039 and TIM through 3.4.7.22084, QQProtect.exe and QQProtectEngine.dll do not validate pointers from inter-process communication, which leads to a write-what-where condition.

Weakness

The product attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qq Tencent 9.7.1.28940 (including) 9.7.8.29039 (including)
Tim Tencent 3.4.5.22071 (including) 3.4.7.22084 (including)

Extended Description

This weakness can take several forms, such as:

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.

References