CVE-2021-20213
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Dereference of a NULL-pointer that could result in a crash if accept-intercepted-requests was enabled, Privoxy failed to get the request destination from the Host header and a memory allocation failed.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.5
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affected products (2)
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references (16)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928739cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00009.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161934/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4886-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163440/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202107-16.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Privoxy-multiple-vulnerabilities-34497cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0425cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0991cnnvd
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