curl before 7.86.0 has a double free. If curl is told to use an HTTP proxy for a transfer with a non-HTTP(S) URL, it sets up the connection to the remote server by issuing a CONNECT request to the proxy, and then tunnels the rest of the protocol through. An HTTP proxy might refuse this request (HTTP proxies often only allow outgoing connections to specific port numbers, like 443 for HTTPS) and instead return a non-200 status code to the client. Due to flaws in the error/cleanup handling, this could trigger a double free in curl if one of the following schemes were used in the URL for the transfer: dict, gopher, gophers, ldap, ldaps, rtmp, rtmps, or telnet. The earliest affected version is 7.77.0.
CVE-2022-42915
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-10-30. NVD baseline CVSS 8.1; sources differ by 1.7.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 85.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 29, 2022
Last Modified
May 7, 2025
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/19
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/20
- cve@mitrehttps://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-42915.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/37YEVVC6NAF6H7UHH6YAUY5QEVY6LIH2/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVU3IMZCKR4VE6KJ4GCWRL2ILLC6OV76/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q27V5YYMXUVI6PRZQVECON32XPVWTKDK/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0010/
- cve@mitrehttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213604
- cve@mitrehttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213605
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/19
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/20
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-42915.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/37YEVVC6NAF6H7UHH6YAUY5QEVY6LIH2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVU3IMZCKR4VE6KJ4GCWRL2ILLC6OV76/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-42915(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | curl (7.85.0-1ubuntu0.1) @ kinetic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | jbcs-httpd24-curl-0:7.86.0-2.el7jbcs | 2022-12-08 | redhat |
| redhat | jbcs-httpd24-curl | 2022-12-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-429152022-11-09
curl before 7.86.0 has a double free. If curl is told to use an HTTP proxy for a transfer with a non-HTTP(S) URL it sets up the connection to the remote server by issuing a CONNECT request to the proxy and then tunnels the rest of the protocol through. An HTTP proxy might refuse this request (HTTP proxies often only allow outgoing connections to specific port numbers like 443 for HTTPS) and instead return a non-200 status code to the client. Due to flaws in the error/cleanup handling this could trigger a double free in curl if one of the following schemes were used in the URL for the transfer: dict gopher gophers ldap ldaps rtmp rtmps or telnet. The earliest affected version is 7.77.0.
- UbuntuUSN-5702-1MEDIUM
curl vulnerabilities
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