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CVE-2021-44732

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-44732 is a critical double free vulnerability in Mbed TLS versions prior to 3.0.1, specifically impacting arm and Debian Linux distributions utilizing Mbed TLS. This flaw, rated 9.8 CRITICAL, can be exploited remotely without user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.16.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.17.0, < 2.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trustedfirmware:mbed_tls:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:trustedfirmware:mbed_tls:3.0.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0257 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

ansiblepatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
freshrsspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: mbedtls (bionic)Fixed in: 2.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: mbedtls (focal)Fixed in: 2.16.4-1ubuntu2+esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: mbedtls (jammy)Fixed in: 2.28.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: mbedtls (noble)Fixed in: 2.28.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vendor Advisories (4)

ubuntuUSN-8123-1

Mbed TLS vulnerabilities

Mar 25, 2026
ansiblellm-ansible-89d7e529aac4303f

USN-8123-1: Mbed TLS vulnerabilities

Mar 25, 2026
freshrssllm-freshrss-967a34dfddd51228

USN-8123-1: Mbed TLS vulnerabilities

Mar 25, 2026
microsoft2021-Dec/CVE-2021-44732Critical

Mbed TLS before 3.0.1 has a double free in certain out-of-memory conditions, as demonstrated by an mbedtls_ssl_set_session() failure.

Dec 14, 2021

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00034.html
bugs.gentoo.org / 829660
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases
Release Notes
github.com / ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.12
Release Notes
github.com / ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.28.0
Release Notes
github.com / ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v3.1.0
Release Notes
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
tls.mbed.org / tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2021-12
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory