CVE-2021-45848
Nicotine+ DoS on Null Character in Download Request
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.34%
Description
Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ starting with version 3.0.3 and prior to version 3.2.1 allows a user with a modified Soulseek client to crash Nicotine+ by sending a file download request with a file path containing a null character.
How to fix CVE-2021-45848
To remediate CVE-2021-45848, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.2.1 or later
Is CVE-2021-45848 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 3.0.3, < 3.2.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |