VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-20276
Invalid memory access with an invalid pattern passed to pcre_compile() may lead to denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.95%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.95%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. Invalid memory access with an invalid pattern passed to pcre_compile() may lead to denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.95% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- privoxy/privoxy · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1936668Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16Third Party Advisory
- https://www.privoxy.org/announce.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1936668Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16Third Party Advisory
- https://www.privoxy.org/announce.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.