CVE-2024-45402 is a critical double-free vulnerability (CWE-415) affecting dena picotls, a TLS protocol library. When parsing a spoofed TLS handshake message, picotls may attempt to free the same memory twice, potentially leading to a use-after-free condition and arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2024-08-12, < 2024-10-10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dena:picotls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
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