{"id":"CVE-2021-20276","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-20276","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:32:40.519Z","title":"Invalid memory access with an invalid pattern passed to pcre_compile() may lead to denial of service.","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.","published":"2021-03-09T14:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:33:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["privoxy/privoxy","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01953,"percentile":0.80115,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1936668","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00009.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1936668","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00009.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20276","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}