CVE-2021-42613 is a double free vulnerability in Halibut 1.2, specifically within the cleanup_index function in index.c, affecting Fedora Project's Halibut. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts by enticing a user to open a specially crafted text document. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction and local access, but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:halibut_project:halibut:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.