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high 7.5

CVE-2021-44540 json

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

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-31371

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • privoxy privoxy 3.0.33
  • privoxy Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.33-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44540

  • privoxy Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.0.26-5ubuntu0.3
  • privoxy Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44540

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • privoxy openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.33-1.1
  • privoxy Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 3.0.33-bp154.3.3.1
  • privoxy Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.2 3.0.33-bp153.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11677-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10186-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1646-1

  • privoxy Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 3.0.33-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-44540

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Privoxy

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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