Vulnerability · Published Jan 6, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-46142
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the uriparser package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in uriparser before 0.9.6. It performs invalid free operations in uriNormalizeSyntax.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | uriparser | 0.9.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46142 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | uriparser | 0.9.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46142 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | uriparser | 0.9.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46142 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | uriparser | 0.9.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46142 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | uriparser | 0.9.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-46142 |
| Debian:12 | uriparser | 0.9.6+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46142 |
| Debian:13 | uriparser | 0.9.6+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46142 |
| Debian:14 | uriparser | 0.9.6+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46142 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/pull/124 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/issues/122 x_refsource_MISC
- https://blog.hartwork.org/posts/uriparser-096-with-security-fixes-released/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2022-00a529a8bf vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-cfd0048127 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- DSA-5063 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN