Mismatched Memory Management Routines Vulnerability in Apache Thrift by Apache
CVE-2025-48431

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Apache
Status
Apache Thrift
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 April 2026

What is CVE-2025-48431?

A vulnerability exists in Apache Thrift affecting the c_glib language bindings, where specially crafted requests can trigger a crash in the Thrift server. This results in a fatal 'free(): invalid pointer' error. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to version 0.23.0 or later to mitigate this issue and ensure stable server operations.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Thrift 0 < 0.23.0

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925p...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Hasnain Lakhani
Hasnain Lakhani
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