Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-46022

Description

An Use-After-Free vulnerability in rec_mset_elem_destroy() at rec-mset.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.

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Affected products

GNU/Recutilsdescription
GNU/Recutils2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:recutils:1.8.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:recutils:1.8.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.8.90
Fedoraproject/Fedora2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-recutils/2021-12/msg00007.htmlnvdExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
github.com/gnu-mirror-unofficial/recutils/commit/34b75ed7ad492c8e38b669ebafe0176f1f9992d2nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDVOFC3HTBG7DF2PZTEXRMG4CV2F55UF/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRSXSN2XF6PX74WDYVV26TQMYIFAEQ3T/nvd
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46022nvd

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