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CVE-2021-42612 Details

Description

A use after free in cleanup_index in index.c in Halibut 1.2 allows an attacker to cause a segmentation fault or possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted text document.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-text-uaf CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/ CVE
https://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-text-uaf [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CC7UZ7NRXDA7YSCSGWE2CBQM7OZS3K2R/ [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
halibut project halibut
1.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:halibut_project:halibut:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
35

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-42612
NVD Published Date:
May 24, 2022
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-42612 Details - Not Deferred