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CVE-2021-45848

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  • Published2022-03-15
  • WeaknessCWE-116

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Description

Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ 3.0.3 and later allows a user with a modified Soulseek client to crash Nicotine+ by sending a file download request with a file path containing a null character.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-03-1519:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
34.x= 34no fix published
Nicotine-plus nicotine\+
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.x≥ 3.0.3, < 3.2.13.2.1

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2021-45848 Red Hat Product Security

    nicotine+: DoS via malicious download request

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
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Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2022-03-15
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-p4v2-r99v-wjc2

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45848?

Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ 3.0.3 and later allows a user with a modified Soulseek client to crash Nicotine+ by sending a file download request with a file path containing a null character.

Is CVE-2021-45848 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-45848 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.6% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-45848?

CVE-2021-45848 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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