Security advisory

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  "id": "8241cd6dc10b31fac910bcf0d4c0618ea65438e96e5c4fafe29fb98376807805",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38434",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-38434",
    "summary": "xHTTP 72f812d has a double free in close_connection in xhttp.c via a malformed HTTP request method.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-38434",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-38434",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-38434"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cozis/xhttp",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "72f812d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "72f812d"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38434.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.750608642Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38434.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38434",
        "https://github.com/cozis/xHTTP/issues/1"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38434.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38434",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 491403,
  "published_at": "2023-07-18T00:00:00+00:00"
}