CVE-2021-44540 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Privoxy

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime6 documents5 sources

Severity

7.5HIGHNVD

EPSS

0.1%

top 71.85%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Privoxy Debian Privoxy

Timeline

PublishedDec 23

Latest updateJan 25

Description

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in get_url_spec_param() by freeing memory of compiled pattern spec before bailing.

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 3.0.33-1 (bookworm)

▶NVDprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.33

▶Debianprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.32-2+deb11u1+3

▶Ubuntuprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.26-5ubuntu0.3+1

▶CVEListV5privoxy/privoxyPrivoxy 3.0.33

🔴Vulnerability Details

OSV

privoxy vulnerabilities↗2023-01-25

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GHSA

GHSA-c56j-2h63-6488: A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in get_url_spec_param() by freeing memory of compiled pattern spec before bailing↗2021-12-24

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OSV

CVE-2021-44540: A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in get_url_spec_param() by freeing memory of compiled pattern spec before bailing↗2021-12-23

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📋Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu

Privoxy vulnerabilities↗2023-01-25

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Debian

CVE-2021-44540: privoxy - A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in get_url_spec_param() by ...↗2021

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