CVE-2021-42522
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta...
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
- Record
CVE-2021-42522- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
- Record
CVE-2021-42522- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29491 No score
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
- Record
EUVD-2021-29491- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mxvm-wqqj-9w63
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta...
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
- Record
GHSA-mxvm-wqqj-9w63- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
- Record
CVE-2021-42522- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-42522
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42522- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-42522
There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' to release the return value of 'xmlGetProp()'.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42522- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
anjutaDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2:3.34.0-8 |
None known |
anjutaUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2:3.16.0-12:3.18.0-12:3.18.2-1 |
None known |
anjutaUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2:3.26.0-12:3.26.0-22:3.26.0-32:3.26.0-42:3.26.0-4ubuntu12:3.26.0-52:3.28.0-1 |
None known |
anjutaUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2:3.34.0-22:3.34.0-32:3.34.0-3build12:3.34.0-3build22:3.34.0-3ubuntu1 |
None known |
anjutaUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2:3.34.0-3ubuntu32:3.34.0-42:3.34.0-5 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-42522 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gnome Anjuta, published August 25, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.84%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.