Is CVE-2021-45848 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-45848 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-45848?

CVE-2021-45848 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-45848?

CVE-2021-45848 has an EPSS score of 1.59% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45848?

Upgrade nicotine\+ to 3.2.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-45848

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ 3.0.3 and later 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.

CWE-116

How to fix

Remediation Available

nicotine\+NVD

Affected:>= 3.0.3, < 3.2.1Fixed in:3.2.1CVE-2021-45848derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

security.gentoo.org

Other references1

lists.fedoraproject.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.