#VU60086 Use-after-free in uriparser - CVE-2021-46142 

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#VU60086 Use-after-free in uriparser - CVE-2021-46142

Published: January 27, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60086
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46142
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
uriparser
Software vendor:
uriparser

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when parsing URI in uriNormalizeSyntax in uriparser. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted URI, trigger a use-after-free error and crash the application that us using the affected library.

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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