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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-5231

Original release date:10/25/2012
Last revised:11/01/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-0023. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2012-0023. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-0023 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html 'CWE-415: Double Free'