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Double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The function PEM_read_bio_ex() reads a PEM file from a BIO and parses and decodes the "name" (e.g. "CERTIFICATE"), any header data and the payload data. If the function succeeds then the "name_out", "header" and "data" arguments are populated with pointers to buffers containing the relevant decoded data. The caller is responsible for freeing those buffers. It is possible to construct a PEM file that results in 0 bytes of payload data. In this case PEM_read_bio_ex() will return a failure code but will populate the header argument with a pointer to a buffer that has already been freed. If the caller also frees this buffer then a double free will occur. This will most likely lead to a crash. This could be exploited by an attacker who has the ability to supply malicious PEM files for parsing to achieve a denial of service attack. The functions PEM_read_bio() and PEM_read() are simple wrappers around PEM_read_bio_ex() and therefore these functions are also directly affected. These functions are also called indirectly by a number of other OpenSSL functions including PEM_X509_INFO_read_bio_ex() and SSL_CTX_use_serverinfo_file() which are also vulnerable. Some OpenSSL internal uses of these functions are not vulnerable because the caller does not free the header argument if PEM_read_bio_ex() returns a failure code. These locations include the PEM_read_bio_TYPE() functions as well as the decoders introduced in OpenSSL 3.0. The OpenSSL asn1parse command line application is also impacte

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CVE-2022-4450

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2022-4450

OpenSSL

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "vendor": "OpenSSL",
    "product": "OpenSSL",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.0.0",
        "lessThan": "3.0.8",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.1.1",
        "lessThan": "1.1.1t",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
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CVE-2022-4450

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#22016 · Revision 1
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