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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2021-40047

High
7.5/10

Summary

There is a vulnerability of memory not being released after effective lifetime in the Bastet module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect integrity.

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

CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)

'Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't effectively release allocated memory after it is used. If not addressed, this enables attackers to launch denial of service attacks (by crashing or hanging the program) or take advantage of other unexpected behavior resulting from low memory conditions.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published