CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-38562

Double Free

Published: Feb 20, 2024 | Modified: Feb 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A double-free vulnerability exists in the IP header loopback parsing functionality of Weston Embedded uC-TCP-IP v3.06.01. A specially crafted set of network packets can lead to memory corruption, potentially resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a sequence of unauthenticated packets to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Uc-tcp-ip Weston-embedded 3.06.01 (including) 3.06.01 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References