CVE-2021-44732
Mbed TLS before 3.0.1 has a double free in certain out-of-memory conditions, as demonstrated by an mbedtls_ssl_set_session() failure.
02 Description
Mbed TLS before 3.0.1 has a double free in certain out-of-memory conditions, as demonstrated by an mbedtls_ssl_set_session() failure.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-12-20 00:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-03 19:26Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-12-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415Double FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- e310db711999edcbd22dad3406b10646da95f00ba610745019b37f3062112bdd
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases
- tls.mbed.orghttps://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2021-12
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/829660
- github.comhttps://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.12
- github.comhttps://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.28.0
- github.comhttps://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v3.1.0
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221225 [SECURITY] [DLA 3249-1] mbedtls security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00034.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.28.0-0.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.28.0-0.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.28.0-0.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- mbedtls No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- mbedtls Fixed in 2.16.4-1ubuntu2+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.