Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-45261 - Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in GNU Patch 2.7
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.