Use After Free Affecting recutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-RECUTILS-2779152
  • published5 Dec 2024
  • disclosed14 Jan 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-46021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 recutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream recutils package and not the recutils package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

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