Double Free in Apple Macos

CVE-2021-22945

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*.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.062 (92.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22945?
CVE-2021-22945 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-22945?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-22945 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.