libcurl's ASN1 parser has this utf8asn1str() function used for parsing an ASN.1 UTF-8 string. Itcan detect an invalid field and return error. Unfortunately, when doing so it also invokes `free()` on a 4 byte localstack buffer. Most modern malloc implementations detect this error and immediately abort. Some however accept the input pointer and add that memory to its list of available chunks. This leads to the overwriting of nearby stack memory. The content of the overwrite is decided by the `free()` implementation; likely to be memory pointers and a set of flags. The most likely outcome of exploting this flaw is a crash, although it cannot be ruled out that more serious results can be had in special circumstances.
History

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Haxx
Haxx libcurl
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Haxx
Haxx libcurl

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published: 2024-07-24T07:29:50.003Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:04.981Z

Reserved: 2024-06-20T07:20:43.202Z

Link: CVE-2024-6197

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:04.981Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-24T08:15:03.340

Modified: 2024-08-26T15:25:59.960

Link: CVE-2024-6197

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-07-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-6197 - Bugzilla