Description
Hiredis is a minimalistic C client library for the Redis database. In affected versions Hiredis is vulnurable to integer overflow if provided maliciously crafted or corrupted `RESP` `mult-bulk` protocol data. When parsing `multi-bulk` (array-like) replies, hiredis fails to check if `count * sizeof(redisReply*)` can be represented in `SIZE_MAX`. If it can not, and the `calloc()` call doesn't itself make this check, it would result in a short allocation and subsequent buffer overflow. Users of hiredis who are unable to update may set the [maxelements](https://github.com/redis/hiredis#reader-max-array-elements) context option to a value small enough that no overflow is possible.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redis | hiredis | < 1.0.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | hiredis | 0.14.1-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | hiredis | 0.14.1-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | hiredis | 0.14.1-2 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | hiredis | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 | hiredis | 0.13.3-bp153.2.3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2021:1536-1 |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 | hiredis | 0.13.3-bp152.4.3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2021:1550-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | hiredis | 1.0.2-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11561-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | hiredis | 0.13.3-bp153.2.3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2021:1536-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.2 | hiredis | 0.13.3-bp153.2.3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2021:1536-1 |
Advisories 3
- openSUSE-SU-2021:1536-1 Security update for hiredis SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2021:1550-1 Security update for hiredis SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11561-1 hiredis-1.0.2-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- https://github.com/redis/hiredis/security/advisories/GHSA-hfm9-39pp-55p2
- https://github.com/redis/hiredis/commit/76a7b10005c70babee357a7d0f2becf28ec7ed1e
- https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MEM07-C.+Ensure+that+the+arguments+to+calloc%28%29%2C+when+multiplied%2C+do+not+wrap
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211012 [SECURITY] [DLA 2783-1] hiredis security update mailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0003/
- GLSA-202210-32 vendor-advisory