What is CVE-2021-42196?

CVE-2021-42196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-42196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Swftools

CVE-2021-42196

An issue was discovered in swftools through 20201222. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function traits_parse() located in abc.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Swftools
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42196?: CVE-2021-42196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Swftools, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-42196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.