CVE-2021-42523 (GCVE-0-2021-42523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-25 17:27 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:30
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Summary
There are two Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in colord, and they lie in colord/src/cd-device-db.c and colord/src/cd-profile-db.c separately. They exist because the 'err_msg' of 'sqlite3_exec' is not releasing after use, while libxml2 emphasizes that the caller needs to release it.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a colord Affected: colord - 1.4.4, 1.4.5
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