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CVE-2021-37529 json

A double-free vulnerability exists in fig2dev through 3.28a is affected by: via the free_stream function in readpics.c, which could cause a…

published 2022-01-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-24091

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A double-free vulnerability exists in fig2dev through 3.28a is affected by: via the free_stream function in readpics.c, which could cause a denial of service (context-dependent).

Patch / fix

  • fig2dev Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:3.2.8b-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37529

  • fig2dev Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 3.2.8b-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-37529

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-37529 updated cvss 5.5

transfig: Double-free via the free_stream function in readpics.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 transfig Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 transfig Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 transfig Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 transfig
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/125/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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