Use After Free in Haxx Curl

CVE-2021-22901

curl 7.75.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in already freed memory being used when a TLS 1.3 session ticket arrives over a connection. A malicious server can use this in rare unfortunate circumstances…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.601 (99.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22901?
CVE-2021-22901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-22901?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-22901 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.