Use After Free
CVE-2017-1000172
Summary
Creolabs Gravity Version: 1.0 Use-After-Free Possible code execution. An example of a Heap-Use-After-Free after the 'sublexer' pointer has been freed. Line 542 of gravity_lexer.c. 'lexer' is being used to access a variable but 'lexer' has already been freed, creating a Heap Use-After-Free condition.
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- NETWORK
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- UNCHANGED
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CWE-416 - Use After Free
Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published