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CVE-2025-4574

Crossbeam-channel: crossbeam-channel vulnerable to double free on drop

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2025-05-13
  • Fixed in0.5.15
  • WeaknessCWE-415

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Description

In crossbeam-channel rust crate, the internal `Channel` type's `Drop` method has a race condition which could, in some circumstances, lead to a double-free that could result in memory corruption.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-05-1321:47CVE publishedCNA

Versions per branch

OSV
crossbeam-channel
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.5≥ 0.5.12-0, < 0.5.150.5.15
0.5≥ 0.5.12, < 0.5.150.5.15

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA40 products

As redhat, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

34 more products in the CVE record.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-11-05

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • 389-ds-baseAzure Linux:3all versions · no fixed version listed
  • azl-complianceAzure Linux:2all versions · fixed in 1.0.2-2
  • cargo-auditWolfiall versions · fixed in 0.21.2-r3
  • cargo-auditopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 0.21.2~git0.18e58c2-2.1
  • cargo-auditChainguardall versions · fixed in 0.21.2-r3
  • cargo-cWolfiall versions · fixed in 0.10.12-r1
  • cargo-cSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0all versions · fixed in 0.10.15-160000.1.1
  • cargo-cSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0all versions · fixed in 0.10.15-160000.1.1

51 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2025-4574 Red Hat Product Security81 known affected

    crossbeam-channel: crossbeam-channel Vulnerable to Double Free on Drop

    389-ds-base as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · 389-ds-base-bdb as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · 389-ds-base-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · +78 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update crossbeam-channel to 0.5.15
  2. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2025-4574 · 81 productsMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
  3. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2025-4574 · 78 productsFix deferred
  4. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2025-4574 · 3 productsWill not fix

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Published
2025-05-13
Last Modified
2026-11-05
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-pg9f-39pc-qf8g

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-4574?

In crossbeam-channel rust crate, the internal `Channel` type's `Drop` method has a race condition which could, in some circumstances, lead to a double-free that could result in memory corruption.

Is CVE-2025-4574 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-4574 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.6% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-4574?

CVE-2025-4574 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

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