CVE-2025-48431 — HIGH (7.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-48431?

CVE-2025-48431 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2025-48431?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Apache Thrift.

Vulnerability Description

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 Score

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache	Thrift	< 0.23.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-762

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwqlMailing ListPatchRelease Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/8Mailing List

FAQ

What is CVE-2025-48431?

CVE-2025-48431 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). 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, wh...

How severe is CVE-2025-48431?

CVE-2025-48431 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2025-48431?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Apache Thrift.