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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2021-45261

CVE-2021-45261

MEDIUM5.5

An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2

Published Dec 22, 2021

Modified 1 years ago

Details

An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.

References

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61685

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45261

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 22, 2021

ModifiedAug 4, 2024

CVE-2021-45261 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence