CVE-2008-2377
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2372)
- Published
- August 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2372 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gnutls
- gnu / gnutls
- gnu / gnutls
- gnu / gnutls
- gnu / gnutls
- gnu / gnutls
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/2947(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31505
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html
- http://www.nabble.com/Details-on-the-gnutls_handshake-local-crash-problem--GNUTLS-SA-2008-2--td18205022.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30713
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2398
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44486
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2650
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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