Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-46021
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the recutils package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 38.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An Use-After-Free vulnerability in rec_record_destroy() at rec-record.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.21 | recutils | 1.9-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46021 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | recutils | 1.9-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46021 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | recutils | 1.9-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46021 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | recutils | 1.9-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46021 |
| Debian:12 | recutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46021 |
| Debian:14 | recutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46021 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-recutils/2021-12/msg00008.html x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2022-4e6bd7ca62 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-17787e290f vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA