Vulnerability in Privoxy
CVE-2021-20272
A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. An assertion failure could be triggered with a crafted CGI request leading to server crash.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Privoxy
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Privoxy — versions privoxy 3.0.32
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.privoxy.org/announce.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00009.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-20272?
- CVE-2021-20272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Privoxy, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-03-09.
- How severe is CVE-2021-20272?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-20272 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.