VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-48431
Mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in Apache Thrift c_glib language bindings.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.08%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.08% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-762, CWE-763
- Affected
- apache/thrift
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwqlMailing List, Patch, Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/8Mailing List
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24539
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25273
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27126
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48431
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463410
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-48431.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.