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Use After Free

CVE-2021-46502

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Jsish v3.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so.4+0x5166d. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published