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Critical 9.1Published Sep 23, 2021
CVE-2021-22945When sending data to an MQTT server, libcurl <= 7.73.0 and 7.78.0 could in some circumstances erroneously keep a pointer to an already freed memory area and both use that again in a subsequent call t…
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When sending data to an MQTT server, libcurl <= 7.73.0 and 7.78.0 could in some circumstances erroneously keep a pointer to an already freed memory area and both use that again in a subsequent call to send data and also free it *again*.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-415
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- hackerone
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
haxx libcurl haxx:libcurl | from 7.73.0 through 7.78.0 | NVD |
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora | 33; 35 | NVD |
netapp cloud_backup netapp:cloud_backup | all versions | NVD |
netapp clustered_data_ontap netapp:clustered_data_ontap | all versions | NVD |
oracle mysql_server oracle:mysql_server | from 5.7.0 through 5.7.35; from 8.0.0 through 8.0.26 | NVD |
netapp h300s_firmware netapp:h300s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h500s_firmware netapp:h500s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h700s_firmware netapp:h700s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h300e_firmware netapp:h300e_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h500e_firmware netapp:h500e_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h700e_firmware netapp:h700e_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h410s_firmware netapp:h410s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware | all versions | NVD |
apple macos apple:macos | from 12.0.0 before 12.3 | NVD |
siemens sinec_ins siemens:sinec_ins | before 1.0.1.1 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 11.0 | NVD |
splunk universal_forwarder splunk:universal_forwarder | from 8.2.0 before 8.2.12; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.6; 9.1.0 | NVD |
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1269242exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWLEC6YVEM2HWUBX67SDGPSY4CQB72OE/vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlpatch, third-party-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0003/third-party-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APOAK4X73EJTAPTSVT7IRVDMUWVXNWGD/vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfpatch, third-party-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183third-party-advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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