CVE-2021-20212 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Privoxy

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PrivoxyDebian Privoxy
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leak if multiple filters are executed and the last one is skipped due to a pcre error leading to a system crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/privoxy< privoxy 3.0.29-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.29
▶Debianprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.29-1+3
▶Ubuntuprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.24-1ubuntu0.1+3
▶CVEListV5privoxy/privoxyPrivoxy 3.0.29

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hj2g-7c54-g4v7: A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-20212: A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3↗2021-03-25
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OSV
privoxy vulnerabilities↗2021-03-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Privoxy vulnerabilities↗2021-03-22
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Debian
CVE-2021-20212: privoxy - A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leak if multiple f...↗2021
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CVE-2021-20212 — Privoxy vulnerability | cvebase