What is CVE-2021-42523?

CVE-2021-42523 is a high-severity vulnerability in Colord Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-42523?

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

Information disclosure in Colord Project

CVE-2021-42523

There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.008 (52.6th 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

Colord_project Colord — versions 1.4.4, 1.4.5
N/a Colord — versions colord - 1.4.4, 1.4.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42523?: CVE-2021-42523 is a high-severity vulnerability in Colord Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-42523?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.