CVE-2021-45261

MEDIUM

GNU Patch - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 41.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-763
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/patch 2.7
Published Dec 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026