Double Free in Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware

CVE-2023-27537

A double free vulnerability exists in libcurl <8.0.0 when sharing HSTS data between separate "handles". This sharing was introduced without considerations for do this sharing across separate threads but there was no indication of this fact in the documentation. Due to missing mutexes or thread locks, two threads sharing the same HSTS data could end up doing a double-free or use-after-free.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.019 (78.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27537?
CVE-2023-27537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-27537?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-27537 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.