Use After Free Affecting recutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-RECUTILS-2341685
  • published15 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jan 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-46022  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 recutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream recutils package and not the recutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An Use-After-Free vulnerability in rec_mset_elem_destroy() at rec-mset.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.

CVSS Scores

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