CVE-2021-44542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.

Published: 2021-12-23

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Privoxy

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Privoxy 3.0.33`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-31373	A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01178.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c48d1d6d08

History

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Subscriptions

Privoxy Privoxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-12-23T19:48:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:25:16.827Z

Reserved: 2021-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-44542

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-23T20:15:12.043

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:12:32.627

Link: CVE-2021-44542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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