CVE-2023-46850 (GCVE-0-2023-46850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-11 00:15 – Updated: 2025-12-16 18:23
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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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OpenVPN OpenVPN 2 (Community) Affected: 2.6.0 , ≤ 2.6.6 (minor release)
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    OpenVPN Access Server Affected: 2.11.0 , ≤ 2.11.3 (patch release)
Affected: 2.12.0 , ≤ 2.12.2 (patch release)
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