Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-45261 - Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in GNU Patch 2.7

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
gnu
CWE-763
NVD
Published: 2021-12-22
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnu
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References