CVE-2021-42612

HIGH

Halibut 1.2 - Use-After-Free in Index Cleanup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use after free in cleanup_index in index.c in Halibut 1.2 allows an attacker to cause a segmentation fault or possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted text document.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-text-uaf

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 49.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora 35
halibut_project/halibut 1.2
Published May 24, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026