PT-2021-24217 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Patch+1

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CVE-2021-45261

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Published

2021-12-22

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Updated

2026-08-25

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU patch version 2.7
Description: An Invalid Pointer issue exists, which causes a Denial of Service via the another hunk function.
Recommendations: For GNU patch version 2.7, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the another hunk function issue to prevent Denial of Service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-45261
ECHO-36A0-A7E1-89D6
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10140-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20227-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0781-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20343-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20431-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22905-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23210-1
SUSE-SU-2026:2922-1

Affected Products

Debian
Gnu Patch