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CVE-2021-42523

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.82% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-08-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2021-42523
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.82%

Original NVD Description

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.