libcurl's ASN1 parser has this utf8asn1str() function used for parsing an ASN.1 UTF-8 string. Itcan detect an invalid field and return error. Unfortunately, when doing so it also invokes `free()` on a 4 byte localstack buffer. Most modern malloc implementations detect this error and immediately abort. Some however accept the input pointer and add that memory to its list of available chunks. This leads to the overwriting of nearby stack memory. The content of the overwrite is decided by the `free()` implementation; likely to be memory pointers and a set of flags. The most likely outcome of exploting this flaw is a crash, although it cannot be ruled out that more serious results can be had in special circumstances.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Aug 22, 2024 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade curl | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Microsoft Windows | — | 2024-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5044284)2025-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 21H2 (KB5044281)2024-08 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1809 (KB5044277)2025-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 22H2 (KB5044273)2025-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 23H2 (KB5044288)2025-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 22H2 (KB5044281)2025-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 22H2 (KB5044285)2025-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H2 (KB5044273)2025-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5044285)2024-04 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 21H2 (KB5044280)2024-09 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2019, version 1809 (KB5044277) | Oct 8, 2024 | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade curl-zsh-completionUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bitUpgrade libcurl4Upgrade libcurl-devel-docUpgrade libcurl-mini4Upgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-devel | Aug 7, 2024 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade curl | Nov 19, 2024 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 24, 2024 |
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