# CVE-2025-24898: rust openssl ssl::select\_next\_proto use after free

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2025-0004, GHSA-RPMJ-RPGJ-QMPM
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.70
- Published: 2025-02-03 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- sfackler rust-openssl: from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.10.70
- openssl (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.10.70
- openssl (crates.io): from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.10.70

## Description

rust-openssl is a set of OpenSSL bindings for the Rust programming language. In affected versions `ssl::select_next_proto` can return a slice pointing into the `server` argument's buffer but with a lifetime bound to the `client` argument. In situations where the `sever` buffer's lifetime is shorter than the `client` buffer's, this can cause a use after free. This could cause the server to crash or to return arbitrary memory contents to the client. The crate`openssl` version 0.10.70 fixes the signature of `ssl::select_next_proto` to properly constrain the output buffer's lifetime to that of both input buffers. Users are advised to upgrade. In standard usage of `ssl::select_next_proto` in the callback passed to `SslContextBuilder::set_alpn_select_callback`, code is only affected if the `server` buffer is constructed *within* the callback.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sfackler rust-openssl, openssl, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.70) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-rpmj-rpgj-qmpm
- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/2360
- https://crates.io/crates/openssl

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