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CVE-2021-44540

Published: 23 December 2021

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

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
privoxy
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (3.0.26-5ubuntu0.3)
focal
Released (3.0.28-2ubuntu0.2)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Not vulnerable
(3.0.33-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(3.0.33-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(3.0.33-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(3.0.33-1)
trusty Needed

upstream
Released (3.0.33-1)
xenial Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commitdiff;h=652b4b7cb0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H