CVE-2021-42612 — Use After Free in Halibut

CWE-416 — Use After Free4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Halibut Project HalibutDebian HalibutFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedMay 24
Latest updateMay 25

Description

A use after free in cleanup_index in index.c in Halibut 1.2 allows an attacker to cause a segmentation fault or possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted text document.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/halibut< halibut 1.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianhalibut_project/halibut< 1.3-1+2

Also affects: Fedora 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wqhh-vh2p-v74x: A use after free in cleanup_index in index↗2022-05-25
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OSV
CVE-2021-42612: A use after free in cleanup_index in index↗2022-05-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2021-42612: halibut - A use after free in cleanup_index in index.c in Halibut 1.2 allows an attacker t...↗2021
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CVE-2021-42612 — Use After Free in Debian Halibut | cvebase