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CVE-2021-20275 (GCVE-0-2021-20275)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-09 13:12 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:37
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Summary
A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. A invalid read of size two may occur in chunked_body_is_complete() leading to denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a privoxy Affected: privoxy 3.0.32
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