CVE-2021-20216
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 3.0.31. A memory leak that occurs when decompression fails unexpectedly may lead to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16x_refsource_MISCMailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/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-400CWE-401
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