VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-45848
Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ 3.0.3 and later allows a user with a modified Soulseek client to crash Nicotine+ by sending a file download request with a file path containing a null character.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.62%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ 3.0.3 and later allows a user with a modified Soulseek client to crash Nicotine+ by sending a file download request with a file path containing a null character.
- 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
- 1.62% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-116
- Affected
- nicotine-plus/nicotine\+ · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/issues/1777Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWYV53KERFH2EC4XI2IVVQFTV75E5XM6/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-20Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/issues/1777Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWYV53KERFH2EC4XI2IVVQFTV75E5XM6/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-20Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.