CVE-2022-2509 (GCVE-0-2022-2509)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-01 14:01 – Updated: 2025-12-02 20:44
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Double Free
  • CWE-415 - Double Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a GnuTLS Affected: gnutls 3.7.7(Fixed)
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