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CVE-2021-44541 Details

Description

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request destination.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C CVE
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=652b4b7cb0 CVE
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C [email protected]
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=652b4b7cb0 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
privoxy privoxy
< 3.0.33

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-44541
NVD Published Date:
Dec 23, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]