CVE-2021-20215
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 25, 2021 at 06:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPrivoxy
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leaks in the show-status CGI handler when memory allocations fail can lead to a system crash.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928746Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401
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