CVE-2021-46481 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in Jsish's linenoise component allows attackers to cause a denial of service through resource exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-46481?
CVE-2021-46481 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Jsish Jsish, published on 25 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Jsish v3.5.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via linenoise at src/linenoise.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-46481?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jsish Jsish.
How do I fix CVE-2021-46481?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-46481 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-46481 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-46481 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jsish Jsish
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7qx4-mvfm-598f.