Mbed TLS before 3.6.4 allows a use-after-free in certain situations of applications that are developed in accordance with the documentation. The function mbedtls_x509_string_to_names() takes a head argument that is documented as an output argument. The documentation does not suggest that the function will free that pointer; however, the function does call mbedtls_asn1_free_named_data_list() on that argument, which performs a deep free(). As a result, application code that uses this function (relying only on documented behavior) is likely to still hold pointers to the memory blocks that were freed, resulting in a high risk of use-after-free or double-free. In particular, the two sample programs x509/cert_write and x509/cert_req are affected (use-after-free if the san string contains more than one DN).
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.9
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade mbedtlsUpgrade mbedtls3 | Aug 8, 2025 | Jul 20, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade mbedtls | Jul 7, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libmbedcrypto7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedtls10 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedtls-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedtls12 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedcrypto1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedx509-1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedx509-0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedcrypto3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedtls14t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedx509-1t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedcrypto7t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmbedtls14 (Ubuntu Pro) | Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
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