CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-38434

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.90%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

xHTTP 72f812d has a double free in close_connection in xhttp.c via a malformed HTTP request method.

Risk Assessment

Double free can lead to unpredictable application behavior, including crashes or potential execution of malicious code, posing a security risk to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of xHTTP to mitigate this vulnerability and to test the application for proper handling of HTTP requests.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

xHTTP 72f812d has a double free in close_connection in xhttp.c via a malformed HTTP request method.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS