Polipo up to 1.1.1 NDEBUG heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Polipo up to 1.1.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NDEBUG. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-38614. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Polipo up to 1.1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component NDEBUG. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 08/13/2021. The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-38614. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253210 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-38614), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253210). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 253210
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-38614

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08/12/2021 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2021-38614 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-38614
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-180818

Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2021 08:30
Updated: 08/24/2025 21:46
Changes: 08/13/2021 08:30 (35), 08/18/2021 08:18 (2), 07/19/2024 21:22 (34), 08/01/2024 17:28 (11), 08/24/2025 21:46 (2)
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