Name: CVE-2021-44542: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published: 2021-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-44542, CWE-401, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01211

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	alpine-linux-upgrade-privoxy	Mar 26, 2024	Dec 23, 2021
Amazon_linux	—	amazon-linux-upgrade-privoxy	May 4, 2023	Dec 23, 2021
Arch Linux	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	arch-linux-upgrade-latest	Jul 11, 2025	Dec 23, 2021
Debian	View advisory ↗	debian-upgrade-privoxy	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 23, 2021
Freebsd	View advisory ↗	freebsd-upgrade-package-dropbear	Nov 4, 2022	Dec 15, 2021
Suse	—	suse-upgrade-privoxysuse-upgrade-privoxy-doc	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 23, 2021

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