CVE-2021-44541 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Privoxy

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PrivoxyDebian Privoxy
Timeline
PublishedDec 23
Latest updateDec 24

Description

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request destination.

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 Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/privoxy< privoxy 3.0.33-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.33
▶Debianprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.32-2+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5privoxy/privoxyPrivoxy 3.0.33

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m37r-wp9g-cfgf: A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request d↗2021-12-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-44541: A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request d↗2021-12-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2021-44541: privoxy - A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_reques...↗2021
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CVE-2021-44541 — Privoxy vulnerability | cvebase