Vulnerability in Nicotine-Plus Nicotine\+
CVE-2021-45848
Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ 3.0.3 and later allows a user with a modified Soulseek client to crash Nicotine+ by sending a file download request with a file path containing a null character.
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: 0.016 (75.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nicotine-Plus Nicotine\+
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/issues/1777 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-20 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-45848?
- CVE-2021-45848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nicotine-Plus Nicotine\+, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-15.
- How severe is CVE-2021-45848?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.