CVE-2021-4280

A vulnerability was found in styler_praat_scripts. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file file_segmenter.praat of the component Slash Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 0cad44aa4a3eb0ecdba071c10eaff16023d8b35f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216780.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• https://github.com/stylerw/styler_praat_scripts/commit/0cad44aa4a3eb0ecdba071c10eaff16023d8b35f
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216780
• https://vuldb.com/?id.216780