CVE-2021-42523

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2022 at 05:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsColordProject Colord

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/hughsie/colord/issues/110

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-401

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