CVE-2021-39176

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

detect-character-encoding is a package for detecting character encoding using ICU. In detect-character-encoding v0.3.0 and earlier, allocated memory is not released. The problem has been patched in detect-character-encoding v0.3.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
sonicdoe	detect-character-encoding	< 0.3.1

References

https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/d44356927b92e3b13e178071bf6d7c671766f588Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/pull/6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/releases/tag/v0.3.1Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-5rwj-j5m3-3chjExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/commit/d44356927b92e3b13e178071bf6d7c671766f588Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/pull/6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/releases/tag/v0.3.1Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sonicdoe/detect-character-encoding/security/advisories/GHSA-5rwj-j5m3-3chjExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 31, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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