CVE-2023-46850 (GCVE-0-2023-46850)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-11 00:15
Modified
2025-02-13 17:14
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
Use after free in OpenVPN version 2.6.0 to 2.6.6 may lead to undefined behavoir, leaking memory buffers or remote execution when sending network buffers to a remote peer.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenVPN OpenVPN 2 (Community) Version: 2.6.0
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