CVE-2017-12133 - Use After Free

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

Use-after-free vulnerability in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to error path.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to error path.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Demo Examples

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following example demonstrates the weakness.


               
}
free(buf3R2);

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following code illustrates a use after free error:


               
}
free(ptr);
logError("operation aborted before commit", ptr);

When an error occurs, the pointer is immediately freed. However, this pointer is later incorrectly used in the logError function.

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-09-07 13:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

GNU glibc

References

FEDORA-2017-270ab2baa3

Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21115

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=d42eed4a044e5e10dfb885cf9891c2518a72a491

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

100679

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