Memory Leak Vulnerability in Privoxy by Privoxy Team
CVE-2021-44542

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Privoxy

Status
Privoxy
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 December 2021

What is CVE-2021-44542?

A memory leak issue has been discovered in Privoxy that arises when handling errors. This vulnerability can potentially result in excessive memory usage, which may degrade system performance and could expose unintended data through memory mismanagement. Users of Privoxy need to be aware of this issue in order to mitigate potential security risks that may arise from this flaw.

Affected Version(s)

Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.33

References

https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C
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https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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