Use After Free in Tinyproxy

CVE-2023-49606

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP Connection Headers parsing in Tinyproxy 1.11.1 and Tinyproxy 1.10.0. A specially crafted HTTP header can trigger reuse of previously freed memory, which leads to memory corruption and could lead to remote code execution. An attacker needs to make an unauthenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.631 (99.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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-2023-49606?
CVE-2023-49606 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tinyproxy, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-49606?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-49606 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.