CVE-2021-46019
An untrusted pointer dereference in rec_db_destroy() at rec-db.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.
02 Description
An untrusted pointer dereference in rec_db_destroy() at rec-db.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-01-14 00:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 04:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 27331b379a52919d9fdea6208b062a4cfb7a94d24ad236307081fe3a1bbab3bb
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-recutils/2021-12/msg00009.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-4e6bd7ca62https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRSXSN2XF6PX74WDYVV26TQMYIFAEQ3T/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-17787e290fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDVOFC3HTBG7DF2PZTEXRMG4CV2F55UF/
- github.comhttps://github.com/gnu-mirror-unofficial/recutils/commit/34b75ed7ad492c8e38b669ebafe0176f1f9992d2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- recutils No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- recutils No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- recutils Fixed in 1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- recutils Fixed in 1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- recutils Fixed in 1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- recutils Fixed in 1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.