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CVE-2008-2377

HIGH CVSS: 7.6 Published: 2008-08-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the _gnutls_handshake_hash_buffers_clear function in lib/gnutls_handshake.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS 2.3.5 through 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via TLS transmission of data that is improperly used when the peer calls gnutls_handshake within a normal session, leading to attempted access to a deallocated libgcrypt handle.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Gnutls

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References