5.5

CVE-2021-46019: fedoraproject fedora NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-46019DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46019
Published 14-01-2022Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-46019 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.00%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-7137-1

Timeline

  1. 14-01-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.00% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.00%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (lists.gnu.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • recutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • recutils< 1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 | < 1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

8 links