Name: CVE-2021-46022: Use After Free
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-46022, CWE-416, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00226

An Use-After-Free vulnerability in rec_mset_elem_destroy() at rec-mset.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade recutils	Aug 22, 2024	Jan 14, 2022
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Jan 14, 2022
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade recutils (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade librec1 (Ubuntu Pro)	Dec 5, 2024	Jan 14, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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