What is CVE-2021-46019?

CVE-2021-46019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Recutils, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2021-46019?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Gnu Recutils

CVE-2021-46019

An untrusted pointer dereference in rec_db_destroy() at rec-db.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.

EPSS: 0.010 (58.6th 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

Gnu Recutils — versions 1.8.90
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-46019?: CVE-2021-46019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Recutils, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-46019?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.