CVE-2021-39176CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in detect-character-encoding

High · published August 31, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

detect-character-encoding is a package for detecting character encoding using ICU. In detect-character-encoding v0.3.0 and earlier, allocated memory is not released. The problem has been patched in detect-character-encoding v0.3.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01891 · 79.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2021-08-31T18:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 AUG 18:05Z
    Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in detect-character-encoding
    cvelistv5