A flaw was found in the key export functionality of libssh. The issue occurs in the internal function responsible for converting cryptographic keys into serialized formats. During error handling, a memory structure is freed but not cleared, leading to a potential double free issue if an additional failure occurs later in the function. This condition may result in heap corruption or application instability in low-memory scenarios, posing a risk to system reliability where key export operations are performed.
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threat_severity

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Description A flaw was found in the key export functionality of libssh. The issue occurs in the internal function responsible for converting cryptographic keys into serialized formats. During error handling, a memory structure is freed but not cleared, leading to a potential double free issue if an additional failure occurs later in the function. This condition may result in heap corruption or application instability in low-memory scenarios, posing a risk to system reliability where key export operations are performed.
Title Libssh: double free vulnerability in libssh key export functions
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-415
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2025-07-04T08:16:47.122Z

Updated: 2025-07-04T08:16:47.122Z

Reserved: 2025-05-30T07:01:37.816Z

Link: CVE-2025-5351

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-07-04T09:15:37.100

Modified: 2025-07-04T09:15:37.100

Link: CVE-2025-5351

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-06-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-5351 - Bugzilla