Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.66%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to (1) the unmap function in list.c or (2) "two additional. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
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A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to (1) the unmap function in list.c or (2) "two additional unconfirmed use-after-free complaints made by Coverity scan." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. Affected products include: Privoxy. Version information: before 3.0.22.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to (1) the unmap function in list.c or (2) "two additional unconfirmed use-after-free complaints made by Coverity scan." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Privoxy before 3.0.21 does not properly handle Proxy-Authenticate and Proxy-Authorization headers in the client-server d
The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a den
The client_host function in parsers.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (inv
A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerabilit
A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory whe
A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in get_url_spec_param() by freeing memory of compiled pattern spec
A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy before 3.0.29 in the show-status CGI handler when no action files are c
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.31. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely ex
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.31. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely ex
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely ex
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely ex
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely ex
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