CVE-2021-45261

CWE-7636 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Patch
Timeline
PublishedDec 22
Latest updateDec 23

Description

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgnu/patch2.7

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-5wqw-cqhv-q8cv: An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2↗2021-12-23
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OSV
CVE-2021-45261: An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2↗2021-12-22
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CVEList
CVE-2021-45261: An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2↗2021-12-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
patch: Invalid Pointer via another_hunk function↗2021-12-22
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Debian
CVE-2021-45261: patch - An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk fu...↗2021
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CVE-2021-45261 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | An Invalid Pointer vulnerability ex | cvebase.io