CVE-2021-39176

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.

• CWE-401

• 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

Published

Aug 31, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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