Access of Uninitialized Pointer in inkscape - CVE-2021-42702
Published: May 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63163
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42702
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid pointer initialization. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
inkscape
How to mitigate CVE-2021-42702
Install updates from vendor's website.
inkscape - update to 1.0