Double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex
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
CVE-2022-4450
Primary source · Revision 1
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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"
}
]- Related CVEs
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- #22016 · Revision 1
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