Description
Mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in Apache Thrift c_glib language bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue. Description: Specially crafted requests can crash an c_glib-based Thrift server with a clean but fatal "free(): invalid pointer" error message.
Affected products
apache: thrift
References10
- lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwql Mailing ListPatchRelease Notes
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/8 Mailing List
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24539
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25273
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27126
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48431
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463410
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-48431…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 64 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-762CWE-763
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