CVE-2023-46850 (GCVE-0-2023-46850)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-11 00:15 – Updated: 2026-06-23 21:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Use after free in OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 may lead to undefined behavoir, leaking memory buffers or remote execution when sending network buffers to a remote peer.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
5 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenVPN | OpenVPN 2 (Community) |
Affected:
2.6.0 , ≤ 2.6.6
(minor release)
|
|
| OpenVPN | Access Server |
Affected:
2.11.0 , ≤ 2.11.3
(patch release)
Affected: 2.12.0 , ≤ 2.12.2 (patch release) |
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Nomenclature
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