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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2021-20274

High
7.5/10

Summary

A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. A crash may occur due a NULL-pointer dereference when the socks server misbehaves.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published