What is CVE-2021-42522?

CVE-2021-42522 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Anjuta, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-42522?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in GNOME Anjuta

CVE-2021-42522

There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.007 (49.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gnome Anjuta — versions 2.0.0
N/a Gnome Anjuta — versions anjuta - 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

patrick@puiterwijk.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42522?: CVE-2021-42522 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Anjuta, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-42522?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.