CVE-2021-39176 HIGH

CVE-2021-39176: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in detect-character-encoding

Vendor Sonicdoe

Product detect-character-encoding

Weakness CWE-401

Published August 31, 2021

Last update August 4, 2024

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

detect-character-encoding is a package for detecting character encoding using ICU. In detect-character-encoding v0.3.0 and earlier, allocated memory is not released. The problem has been patched in detect-character-encoding v0.3.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 31, 2021 CVE published

August 4, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39176 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html