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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2021-44542

CVE-2021-44542

HIGH7.5

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors

Published Dec 23, 2021

Modified 1 years ago

Details

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44542

https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C

https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c48d1d6d08

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 23, 2021

ModifiedAug 4, 2024

CVE-2021-44542 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence