CVE-2025-48431

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 v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwql	Mailing List Patch Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/8	Mailing 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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:thrift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2026-04-28 10:16

Updated : 2026-09-10 13:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-48431

Mitre link : CVE-2025-48431

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-48431

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Products Affected

apache

thrift

CWE

CWE-762

Mismatched Memory Management Routines

CWE-763

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

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