CVE-2021-20216
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.31. A memory leak that occurs when decompression fails unexpectedly may lead to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
How to fix CVE-2021-20216
To remediate CVE-2021-20216, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/privoxy—upgrade to 3.0.31-r0 or later
- Debian/privoxy—upgrade to 3.0.31-1 or later
Is CVE-2021-20216 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.0.31-r0
- from 0, < 3.0.31-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |