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CVE-2021-33641 (GCVE-0-2021-33641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-03 20:03
VLAI
Summary
When processing files, malloc stores the data of the current line. When processing comments, malloc incorrectly accesses the released memory (use after free).
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-02 15:37 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a byacc Affected: <1.9.20200330 and <2.0.20210808
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