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CVE-2021-44540 (GCVE-0-2021-44540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-23 19:48 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:25
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in get_url_spec_param() by freeing memory of compiled pattern spec before bailing.
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 3.0.33
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